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wring out

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wring

  [ring] verb, wrung, wring⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
2. to twist and compress, or compress without twisting, in order to force out water or other liquid (often fol. by out): to wring clothes.
3. to extract or expel by twisting or compression (usually fol. by out or from).
4. to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
5. to clasp tightly with or without twisting: to wring one's hands in pain.
6. to force (usually fol. by off) by twisting.
7. to extract or get by forceful effort or means (often fol. by out).
–verb (used without object)
8. to perform the action of wringing something.
9. to writhe, as in anguish.
–noun
10. a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wringen, OE wringan; c. G ringen to wrestle
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Word Origin & History

wring 
O.E. wringan "press, strain, wring, twist" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, pp. wrungen), from P.Gmc. *wrenganan (cf. O.E. wringen "to wring, press out," O.Fris. wringa, M.Du. wringhen, Du. wringen "to wring," O.H.G. ringan "to move to and fro, to twist," Ger. ringen "to wrestle"), from PIE *wrengh- "to turn," nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn," from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (see versus). Wringer "device for squeezing water from clothes" first recorded 1799. Fig. phrase to put (something) through the wringer first recorded 1942, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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