( 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.
( 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.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005