winkle out

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.

   “Tom managed to winkle the truth out of John eventually.”

2. fiil To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position.

   “[…] was mopping up the remnants of German resistance and trying to winkle out individual enemy soldiers from their hiding places.”