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winkles out

winkles out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of winkle out.

Meaning of winkle out

Verb

winkle out (third-person singular simple present winkles out, present participle winkling out, simple past and past participle winkled out)

  1. (UK, transitive) To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.
    • Tom managed to winkle the truth out of John eventually.
  2. (transitive) To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position.
    • […] was mopping up the remnants of German resistance and trying to winkle out individual enemy soldiers from their hiding places.2011, Ken Ford, Operation Archery: The Commandos and the Vaagso Raid 1941, page 59

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What is winkles out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Winkles out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of winkle out.

Words near winkles out in the dictionary

  1. Winkler bottles
  2. Winkler County
  3. Winkler test
  4. winklers
  5. winkles
  6. winkles out
  7. winkless
  8. Winklevoss
  9. Winklevosses
  10. Winkley
  11. Winkleys

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