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A person wringing out a wet towel   wring   /ˈrɪŋ/   verb [+ object] 1 : to twist and squeeze (wet cloth, hair, etc.) to remove water I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry. I wrung my hair and wrapped it in a towel. The rag was wrung dry. [=squeezed until almost all of the liquid was gone] — often + out wring a sponge out I wrung out my wet bathing suit. — sometimes used figuratively She has been wrung dry by bills. [=she has no money left because she used all of it to pay bills] 2 : to get (something) out of someone or something with a lot of effort — + out of or from They tried to wring [=squeeze] every last dollar of profit out of the failing company. I finally managed to wring an apology from her. 3 : to twist and break (an animal's neck) in order to kill the animal wring a chicken's neck