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What (who) is wring - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Wring; Wringing (disambiguation)
wring
v.
1) (d; tr.) ('to extract') to wring from, out of (the police finally succeeded in wringing a confession from the prisoner)
2) (N; used with an adjective) ('to squeeze') to wring a towel dry
wring
v. a.
1.
Twist (violently), wrench.
2.
Force, extort, wrest.
3.
Harass, distress, torture, anguish, torment, pain.
wring
(wrings, wringing, wrung)
1.
If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers...
= squeeze
VERB: V n out of/from n
2.
If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.
PHRASE: V inflects
Wikipedia
Wringing
Wringing may refer to:
- Wringing (gauge blocks), the temporary attachment of gauge blocks to each other
- Wringer, a device that extracts liquid by action of twisting or squeezing (see: mangle (machine))
- Neck wringing (see: strangling)
Examples of use of wring
1. Lukashenko has threatened to "wring the necks" of protesters.
2. The intelligence services wring their hands about the difficulty of penetrating Muslim society to identify terrorists.
3. Our politicians wring their hands And abuse our hard–earned cash.
4. Instead, the threat could be a ploy to wring concessions from Israel.
5. On smaller units farmers might wring the birds‘ necks Are poultry workers being protected?