to winkle information out of sb
1winkle something out of somebody — ˌwinkle sth ˈout of sb derived to get information from sb, especially with difficulty Syn: ↑extract • She always manages to winkle secrets out of people. Main entry: ↑winklederived …
2winkle out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle …
3winkle out — verb 1. force from a place or position The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates • Hypernyms: ↑remove • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody Something s somebody 2. remove or displace from a position …
4winkle — n. & v. n. any edible marine gastropod mollusc of the genus Littorina; a periwinkle. v.tr. (foll. by out) esp. Brit. extract or eject (winkled the information out of them). Phrases and idioms: winkle picker sl. a shoe with a long pointed toe.… …
5winkle out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms winkle out : present tense I/you/we/they winkle out he/she/it winkles out present participle winkling out past tense winkled out past participle winkled out British informal 1) to get something such as… …
6winkle — win|kle1 [ˈwıŋkəl] n BrE [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: PERIWINKLE 2] a small sea animal that lives in a shell and is eaten as food winkle 2 winkle2 v winkle out [winkle sb/sth<=>out] phr v 1.) to make someone leave a place ▪ …
7winkle — 1 noun (C) a small sea animal that lives in a shell and is used for food 2 verb winkle sth/sb out phrasal verb (T) 1 to make someone leave somewhere: Government critics were winkled out of their positions of influence. 2 to discover something… …
8winkle — win|kle1 [ wıŋkl ] noun count type of small SHELLFISH that can be eaten as food winkle win|kle 2 [ wıŋkl ] verb ,winkle out phrasal verb transitive BRITISH INFORMAL 1. ) to get something such as information from someone when they did not intend… …
9The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle —   …
10bring out — verb 1. make visible (Freq. 9) Summer brings out bright clothes He brings out the best in her • Syn: ↑uncover, ↑unveil, ↑reveal • Hypernyms: ↑show …
