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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wurm |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɜrm |
Definition of worm out
Origin :- Old English wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, dragon," also in later Old English "earthworm," from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German, German wurm, Old Frisian and Dutch worm, Old Norse ormr, Gothic waurms "serpent, worm"), from PIE *wrmi-/*wrmo- "worm" (cf. Greek rhomos, Latin vermis "worm," Old Russian vermie "insects," Lithuanian varmas "insect, gnat"), possibly from root *wer- (3) "turn" (see versus).
- The ancient category of these was much more extensive than the modern, scientific, one and included serpents, scorpions, maggots, and the supposed causes of certain diseases. For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come. As an insult meaning "abject, miserable person" it dates from Old English.
- As in back out : verb withdraw
- As in repeal : verb declare null and void
- As in chicken out : verb back down
- As in ferret out : verb search out
- I do wish you wouldn't coax and worm out of Bella Seymour all I write.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- So I leave you to judge how much of your story she may worm out of me.
- Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- You are here to worm out what I know in order to betray your friend.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- And he knew how to worm out information like an examining lawyer.
- Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 10 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
- He was sent down to worm out of her everything that she knew.
- Extract from : « Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete » by Lyndon Orr
- I will be most happy to accept the invitation I've had fairly to worm out of you.
- Extract from : « Dorothy at Skyrie » by Evelyn Raymond
- And the General was coming to-day to worm out of her all he could.
- Extract from : « The Intriguers » by William Le Queux
- She could not get much out of him, but she found herself trying to worm out all she could.
- Extract from : « Quisant » by Anthony Hope
- Yes; he tried to worm out of me who my cousin was, and he walked up here on purpose to find out where you lived.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
- Well then, and not another word of sense shall you worm out of my worn-out old brains after today—all I say is, don't give in!
- Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare
Synonyms for worm out
- abolish
- abrogate
- annul
- ascertain
- avoid
- back down
- back out
- back pedal
- backpedal
- be on to
- beg off
- blow
- blow it off
- bow out
- bring to light
- call off
- cancel
- chase
- chase down
- chicken out
- cop out
- countermand
- determine
- dig out
- dig up
- disclose
- discover
- dismantle
- drive out
- elicit
- extract
- follow
- funk out
- get at
- get cold feet
- give up
- give way
- go back on
- have no stomach for
- hunt
- hunt down
- invalidate
- kill
- KO
- learn
- lift
- make concessions
- nix
- nose out
- nullify
- opt out
- penetrate
- pick up on
- pierce
- probe
- pry
- pull out
- pursue
- quest
- recall
- recant
- renege
- renig
- rescind
- resign
- reverse
- revoke
- root out
- scout out
- scratch
- scrub
- search out
- seek
- set aside
- shoot down
- shy from
- smell out
- smoke out
- sniff out
- stand down
- surrender
- throw in the towel
- throw over
- trace
- track down
- trail
- turn yellow
- uncover
- unearth
- vacate
- void
- wash out
- weasel out
- welsh
- wiggle out
- wimp out
- wipe out
- withdraw
- worm out
- X-out
- yield
- zap
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