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Phrase(s): worry something out of someone
to annoy some information out of someone. • They finally worried the correct number out of me. • You can’t worry the information out of her. It will require force., Phrase(s): worry an animal out of something
to pester an animal until it leaves something or some place. • The cat finally worried the mouse out of its hole and caught it. • We worried the squirrel out of the attic by making lots of noise.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs