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Verb wring has 4 senses
- contort, deform, distort, wring - twist and press out of shape
--1 is one way to twist, twine, distort
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- wring, wrench - twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
--2 is one way to twist, twine, distort
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
--3 is one way to overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
--4 is one way to squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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