wring out

Verb

wring out (third-person singular simple present wrings out, present participle wringing out, simple past and past participle wrung out)

1. (transitive) To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.
2. (transitive) To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money.
   • I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me.
   • They wrung an extra $500 out of us for the transfer fees.
3. (transitive) To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope.
   • Another difficulty has been that autopilots are designed for ordinary flying. They can't "wring out" a plane, being limited to about 45° in bank and pitch. Aerobatics are an impossibility.1951, Popular Science, March issue, page 46
   • Others listening to the conversation felt the same as I did, especially after having seen a local pilot really "wring" out the airplane at their local air show two weeks earlier.1983, Flying Magazine, June issue, page 94