worm out of
phrasal verbworm something out of somebody
- (informal) to make somebody tell you something, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time
(慢慢地)从某人处套出话来;不断套问 - We eventually wormed the secret out of her.
我们最后从她口里探听出了秘密。
- We eventually wormed the secret out of her.