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wring [rɪŋ](verb: preterite, past participle wrung) transitive verb( = squeeze, twist) tordre• if I catch you doing that, I'll wring your neck! (inf) si je te prends à faire ça, je te tords le cou ! (inf)[+ wet clothes] essorer* * *[rɪŋ] 1. 2.transitive verb (prét, pp wrung)1) (also wring out) ( squeeze) ( by twisting) tordre; (by pressure, centrifugal force) essorer3) ( twist)to wring somebody's/something's neck — lit, fig tordre le cou à quelqu'un/quelque chose
3.to wring one's hands — se tordre les mains; fig se lamenter
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(a) (wet cloth, clothes) essorer, tordre;∎ he wrung the towel dry il a essoré la serviette en la tordant;∎ she wrung the water from the sponge elle a exprimé l'eau de l'éponge∎ she wrung the chicken's neck elle a tordu le cou au poulet;∎ figurative I'll wring his neck! je vais lui tordre le cou!(c) (hand → in handshake) serrer;∎ he wrung her hand il lui a serré la main vigoureusement;∎ to wring one's hands (in despair) se tordre les mains (de désespoir);∎ figurative it's no use sitting there wringing your hands cela ne sert à rien de rester assis à vous désespérer∎ she wrung every last detail from him elle a réussi à lui extorquer tous les renseignements;∎ I'll wring the truth out of them je vais leur arracher la vérité;∎ the blackmailer wrung £5,000 from her le maître chanteur lui a extorqué 5000 livres;∎ he's wringing the maximum publicity from the situation il profite de la situation pour en tirer le maximum de publicité∎ her efforts to cope with four children on her own wrung my heart ses efforts pour se débrouiller toute seule avec quatre enfants me fendaient le cœuressorer;∎ do not wring (on label) ne pas essorer3 noun∎ give the cloth a wring essorez la serpillière(wet cloth, clothes) essorer, tordre;∎ wring those wet clothes out for me essore ou tords ces habits mouillés, s'il te plaît
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I'll wring your neck! — I ll wring (your) neck! informal something that you say when you are very angry with someone. I ll wring his neck if he does it again. I could wring his neck, I feel so annoyed with him … New idioms dictionary
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wring — [rıŋ] v past tense and past participle wrung [rʌŋ] [T] [: Old English; Origin: wringan] 1.) [always + adverb/preposition] to succeed in getting something from someone, but only after a lot of effort = ↑squeeze wring sth from/out of sb ▪ They are… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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neck — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ slender, slim, swan like (literary) ▪ scraggy (BrE), scrawny … Collocations dictionary