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winkle sth/sb out phrasal verb
phrasal verb [M] mainly UK
Definition
to get or find something or someone with difficulty
I managed to winkle the truth out of him eventually.
(Definition of winkle sth/sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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