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.

Concepten

uitkammen

uitpeuteren

Etymologie (Engels)

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

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