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1 wrest
transitive verbwrest something from somebody/somebody's grasp — (lit. or fig.) jemandem/jemandes Griff etwas entreißen od. (geh.) entwinden
wrest something from something — einer Sache (Dat.) etwas abringen
* * *[rest]vt ( form)▪ to \wrest sth [away] from sb jdm etw entreißento \wrest a living sein Dasein fristen* * *[rest]vtto wrest sth from sb/sth — jdm/einer Sache etw abringen; leadership, title jdm etw entreißen
* * *wrest [rest]A v/t1. (gewaltsam) reißen:wrest out of herausreißen aus;wrest sth from sb’s hand jemandem etwas aus der Hand reißen;wrest a living from the soil dem Boden seinen Lebensunterhalt abringen;wrest the truth out of sb die Wahrheit aus jemandem herausholenB s1. Ruck m, Reißen n2. MUS obs Stimmhammer m* * *transitive verbwrest something from somebody/somebody's grasp — (lit. or fig.) jemandem/jemandes Griff etwas entreißen od. (geh.) entwinden
wrest something from something — einer Sache (Dat.) etwas abringen
* * *(wrench) something from someone expr.jemandem etwas entwinden (entreißen) ausdr. v.entreißen v.
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