winkle out

(Engels)

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

Etimologie (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

winkle

come away

come off

extract

banish

shoo

unsolder

rive

Vertalings

ξεκολλώ

uitkammen

lospeuteren

uitpeuteren