wring out (English, verb)
expansion: wring out (third-person singular simple present wrings out, present participle wringing out, simple past and past participle wrung out)
expansion: (transitive)
Senses:
glosses: To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.
tags: transitive
glosses: To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money.
tags: transitive
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: wrings out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wringing out
tags: participle
present
form: wrung out
tags: participle
past
form: wrung out
tags: past