English Explanatory Dictionary

tease out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.
  2. To separate as if by unraveling.
  3. To work out, procure, or extract, usually by processes involving subterfuge, diligence, manipulation, or coaxing.

Word forms

tease out teases out teasing out teased out

Synonyms

disentangle puzzle out work out feeze tease out unravel unsnarl untangle absolve decipher get to the bottom of iron out meliorate ravel reason out resolve riddle sleuth solve think out unpuzzle unriddle unsolve upsolve Any from Thesaurus:untangle
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