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Phrase(s): glean something from something
1. Lit. to gather the leftovers of something from something; to gather the ears of grain left in a field after a harvest. • The poor people gleaned their entire living from what was left in the fields. • We will have to go out and glean something from the fields. 2. and glean something from someone Fig. to figure something out from bits of gossip. • I was able to glean some important news from Tommy. • Tell me the news you gleaned from the people in town.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs