winkle out

Signification (Anglais)

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

Synonymes

winkle

come away

come off

extract

banish

shoo

unsolder

rive

Traductions

ξεκολλώ

uitkammen

lospeuteren

uitpeuteren

Étymologie (Anglais)

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