Obtain
Wring
Wring verb - To get with great difficulty.
Usage example: after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up
Common collocations
| power | obtain power | wring power |
| money | obtain money | wring money |
| information | obtain information | wring information |
| evidence | obtain evidence | wring evidence |
| Other words: completion, amounts. | ||
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