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to wring out
01
to squeeze something, typically a wet cloth or clothing, to remove excess liquid
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
wring
Present tense
wring out
3rd person singular
wrings out
Present participle
wringing out
Past simple
wrung out
Past participle
wrung out
Examples
She wrung out the wet towel before hanging it up to dry.
