force out of

force out of
ˌforce ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they force out of he/she/it forces out of present participle forcing out of past tense forced out of past participle forced out of] phrasal verb
to force someone to tell you something

He eventually forced the names out of her.

Thesaurus: to persuade someone to tell you somethingsynonym
Main entry: force

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