1. Home
2. Idioms
3. get (something) out of (someone)

get (something) out of (someone)

---

---

get (something) out of (someone)

To evoke, illicit, obtain, or wrest something from someone. I tried getting a response out of him, but he's totally incoherent. That extortionist is trying to get even more money out of me!

See also: get, of, out