(~s, ~ing, wrung)
1.
If you ~ something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
Buyers use different ruses to ~ free credit out of their suppliers...
= squeeze
VERB: V n out of/from n
2.
If someone ~s their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is ~ing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn’t good enough.
PHRASE: V inflects