wring

Universal Words [VN] 1 ~ sth (out) to twist and squeeze clothes, etc. in order to get the water out of them 2 if you wring a bird's neck, you twist it in order to kill the bird IDIOMS wring sb's hand to squeeze sb's hand very tightly when you shake hands wring your hands to hold your hands together, and twist and squeeze them in a way that shows you are anxious or upset, especially when you cannot change the situation wring sb's neck (spoken, informal) when you say that you will wring sb's neck, you mean that you are very angry or annoyed with them PHRASALVERBS wring sth from / out of sb to obtain sth from sb with difficulty, especially by putting pressure on them: A few concessions were wrung from the government. * They managed to wring the truth out of him.