# tease out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.
2. To separate as if by unraveling.
3. To work out, procure, or extract, usually by processes involving subterfuge, diligence, manipulation, or coaxing.

## Source
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