tease [sth] out, tease out [sth]vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game."
figurative (elicit with difficulty)
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We eventually managed to tease the truth out of Brian.