winkle out

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (British, transitive) To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.
2. (transitive) To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position.

Sinonieme

winkle

come away

come off

extract

banish

shoo

unsolder

rive

Vertalings

ξεκολλώ

uitkammen

lospeuteren

uitpeuteren

Etimologie (Engels)

From winkle (“to extract”), from periwinkle (“a mollusk”).