beat something out of somebody

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

beat sth out of sb phrasal verb [ beaten sth out of sb beaten sth out of sb beats sth out of sb beating sth out of sb ]
to make someone say things they do not want to by hitting them
• The men claimed that the police had beaten the confession out of them.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Questioning people and asking questions in general ↑Curiosity ↑Suspecting and questioning
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