/ rɪŋ; NAmE / verb ( wrung , wrung / rʌŋ; NAmE /) [ vn ]
1.
wring sth (out) to twist and squeeze clothes, etc. in order to get the water out of them
2.
if you wring a bird's neck, you twist it in order to kill the bird
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IDIOMS
- wring sb's hand
- wring your hands
- wring sb's neck
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PHRASAL VERBS
- wring sth from / out of sb
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English wringan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wringen , also to wrong .