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- Worm informationIf you worm information out of somebody, you persuade them to tell you something they wanted to keep from you.
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worm information — If you worm information out of somebody, you persuade them to tell you something they wanted to keep from you. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Worm information — If you worm information out of somebody, you persuade them to tell you something they wanted to keep from you … Dictionary of English idioms
worm — v. 1) (d; tr.) to worm into (how did they worm their way into the meeting?) 2) (d; intr., tr.) to worm out of (to worm out of an obligation; to worm information out of smb.) 3) (misc.) to worm one s way into smb. s confidence * * * [wɜːm] (misc.) … Combinatory dictionary
worm out of — PHRASAL VERB If you worm information out of someone, you gradually find it out by constantly asking them about it. [V n P P n] It took me weeks to worm the facts out of him... [V P P n n (not pron)] It didn t take long before she d wormed out of… … English dictionary
worm out of — ˌworm ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they worm out of he/she/it worms out of present participle worming out of past tense … Useful english dictionary
worm — [wʉrm] n. [ME < OE wyrm, serpent, dragon, akin to Ger wurm < IE base * wer , to turn, bend > WARP, L vermis, worm] 1. any of many slender, soft bodied animals, some segmented, that live by burrowing underground, in water, or as parasites … English World dictionary
worm — ► NOUN 1) an earthworm or other creeping or burrowing invertebrate animal having a long slender soft body and no limbs. 2) (worms) intestinal or other internal parasites. 3) a maggot regarded as eating dead bodies buried in the ground. 4)… … English terms dictionary
WORM — [wə:m US wə:rm] n write once, read many a ↑CD on which information can be stored only once, but seen or used many times … Dictionary of contemporary English
worm — worm1 [wə:m US wə:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: wyrm snake, worm ] 1.) a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil →↑earthworm, ↑lugworm 2.) the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm →↑glow worm … Dictionary of contemporary English
Worm-eating Warbler — Taxobox name = Worm eating Warbler regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Parulidae genus = Helmitheros genus authority = (Rafinesque, 1819) species = H. vermivorus binomial = Helmitheros vermivorus… … Wikipedia
