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v/t: jemandem etw. entlocken durch Schmeichelei, mit Geduld etc.: coax ( oder wheedle) s.th. out of s.o.; jemandem ein Geständnis entlocken persuade s.o. to admit s.th., coax ( oder talk) s.o. into an admission; jemandem ein Geheimnis entlocken persuade s.o. to reveal a secret, worm a secret out of s.o., get s.o. to squeal umg.; einer Sache etw. entlocken fig. draw s.th. out of s.th.* * *to elicit* * *ent|lọ|cken [ɛnt'lɔkn] ptp entlo\#cktvtjdm/einer Sache etw entlocken — to elicit sth from sb/sth; (durch Überredung auch) to coax sth out of sb; (durch ständige Befragung auch) to worm sth out of sb
* * *(to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) worm* * *ent·lo·cken *vt1. (herausholen)▪ jdm etw \entlocken to elicit sth from sbjdm ein Geheimnis \entlocken to coax a secret out of sbjdm Geld \entlocken to worm money out of sbversuch mal, ob du dem Spielautomaten nicht noch ein paar Märker \entlocken kannst! see if you can squeeze a few more quid out of the fruit machine* * *transitives Verb (geh.)* * *entlocken v/t:jemandem ein Geheimnis entlocken persuade sb to reveal a secret, worm a secret out of sb, get sb to squeal umg;einer Sache etwas entlocken fig draw sth out of sth* * *transitives Verb (geh.)* * *v.to elicit v.to worm a secret out of expr. -
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3 entlocken
ent·lo·cken *vt1) ( herausholen)jdm etw \entlocken to elicit sth from sb;jdm ein Geheimnis \entlocken to coax a secret out of sb;jdm Geld \entlocken to worm money out of sb;versuch mal, ob du dem Spielautomaten nicht noch ein paar Märker \entlocken kannst! see if you can squeeze a few more quid out of the fruit machine
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