wrings

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third-person singular of wring
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{v} to twist, turn round, squeeze, press, writhe, distort, torture, harass, distress, extort
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To hold tightly and press or twist
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A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping
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To obtain by force
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obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
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Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture
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To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; usually with out or form
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To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out
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twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels
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To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast
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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
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twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing
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a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"
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To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance
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{f} squeeze; bend; twist; apply pressure; hold by force; behead
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twist and press out of shape
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twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
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To writhe; to twist, as with anguish
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{i} twisting or squeezing with force, extracting by force, extorting
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twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
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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
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To distort; to pervert; to wrest
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