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    [Verb]  | "wrest" | \ ˈrest \


    1: to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements

    2: to gain with difficulty by or as if by force, violence, or determined labor


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English wrasten, wresten, from Old English wrǣstan; akin to Old Norse reista to bend and probably to Old English wrigian to turn ;

    [Noun]  | "wrest" 


    1: the action of wresting : wrench

    2: a key or wrench used for turning pins in a stringed instrument (such as a piano)


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "wrest" 


    1: to draw out by force or with effort;


      * e.g., " ... the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands "



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    2: to get (as money) by the use of force or threats;


      * e.g., " ... vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time "



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    3: to get with great difficulty;


      * e.g., " ... farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land "



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     [ "Wrest" ]

    1: Someone who obsesses over rules and will do anything to stop someone who breaks them.

      * e.g.,  ... Mack Boss: Why did you break my arm? 

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