wringing 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.
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