To worm something out of somebody is to get information from someone which they are trying to keep secret.
Informal English.
Examples of use:
1. He didn’t want to tell his mother where his new trainers were, but she wormed it out of him.
2. The police managed to worm a confession out of him.
3. They didn’t want to tell us where they were going on their honeymoon, but we wormed it out of them.
| infinitive |
worm out |
| present simple |
worm out and worms out |
| -ing form |
worming out |
| past simple |
wormed out |
| past participle |
wormed out |
Can you use this phrasal verb in a sentence.
Has somebody managed to worm a secret out of you?
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