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wrest someone or something (away) from someone or something
to struggle to get someone or something from the grip of someone or something. The kidnappers wrested the baby from his mother and ran away with him. The policeman wrested the gun away from Lefty. wrest something off (of) something and wrest something off to struggle to get something off something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Somehow he wrested the hubcap off the wheel. He wrested off the hubcap. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Vijender Kumar gets the highest national award a year after he won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics, while wrester Sushil Kumar also gets the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award a year after winning India a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics. Likewise, the game’s wheelchair-bound assassin, whose head plays host to seven deadly personalities, including a blind guy, wrester, and contract killer — among others, offers half-an-hour worth of entertainment. San Fernando countered with state-berth wins by Ruben Saenz (127), Michael Solis (142), Ricky Aguirre (154) and Raphael Reynolds (162), who was selected Wrester of the Meet for a second consecutive year and will take a 44-0 record into his fourth state meet next week in Bakersfield. |
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