- worm something out of
- obtain information from by cunning persistence.→ worm
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
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worm something out of somebody — ˌworm sth ˈout of sb derived (informal) to make sb tell you sth, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time • We eventually wormed the secret out of her. Main entry: ↑wormderived … Useful english dictionary
winkle something out — WORM OUT, prise out, dig out, extract, draw out, obtain, get. → winkle … Useful english dictionary
worm out of — ˌworm ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they worm out of he/she/it worms out of present participle worming out of past tense … Useful english dictionary
worm — worm1 [ wɜrm ] noun * 1. ) count a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs a ) count an insect that looks like a worm b ) worms plural small creatures that look like worms and live inside the body of a person or animal and make them… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
worm out of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms worm out of : present tense I/you/we/they worm out of he/she/it worms out of present participle worming out of past tense wormed out of past participle wormed out of worm something out of someone to gradually… … English dictionary
worm — noun 1》 an earthworm or other creeping or burrowing invertebrate animal having a long, slender soft body and no limbs. [Annelida, Nematoda (roundworms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and other phyla.] ↘(worms) intestinal or other internal… … English new terms dictionary
worm information — If you worm information out of somebody, you persuade them to tell you something they wanted to keep from you … The small dictionary of idiomes
worm — worm1 [wə:m US wə:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: wyrm snake, worm ] 1.) a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil →↑earthworm, ↑lugworm 2.) the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm →↑glow worm … Dictionary of contemporary English
worm — 1 noun (C) 1 a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil 2 someone who you do not like or respect 3 have worms to have parasites (=small creature that eats your food or your blood) in your body 4 the worm turns literary used … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
worm — [wɜːm] noun [C] I 1) a small creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs 2) computing a program that deliberately damages computer systems by making copies of itself II verb worm [wɜːm] worm your way into/out of sth to use clever methods… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
