wring out
verb
- drain completely
Wiktionary
verb
- To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.
- To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money.
“I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me.”
“They wrung an extra $500 out of us for the transfer fees.”
- To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope.
“Another difficulty has been that autopilots are designed for ordinary flying. They can't "wring out" a plane, being limited to about 45° in bank and pitch. Aerobatics are an impossibility.”
“Others listening to the conversation felt the same as I did, especially after having seen a local pilot really "wring" out the airplane at their local air show two weeks earlier.”