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tease something out

Fig. to separate threads or hairs by combing. The hairdresser teased Jill's hair out carefully. The hairdresser teased out Jill's hair.

See also: out, tease

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Make sure you gently tease out the roots before planting - it'll really improve establishment. Your LIFE: BREAK FOR THE border; GARDENING YOUR 3-WEEK GARDEN ... by The Mirror (London, England) But when they were able to dramatize a ritual that is common in all prisons--the strip search--in a comical parody by making a strip tease out of it, the offenders were able to "remove the power of their own humiliating experience of being strip searched. Theatre in Prison: Theory and Practice by Casey-Allen, Janet / Corrections Compendium Thanks to the SEC's disclosure mandate in 2003, for the first time we have fantastic data on mutual fund voting in companies in which they hold shares," says Ostrovsky, who, with Matvos, worked for several years to tease out such data and make it useable for research. Stanford Business School Research: Mutual Funds Vote Strategically in ... by Business Wire			tear across tear along tear apart tear around tear at tear at heartstrings tear away tear down tear from tear hair tear heart out tear into tear into some place tear limb from limb tear loose tear off tear off a strip tear on tear out tear out of tear to pieces tear up tease tease about tease into doing tease out tease out of tee tee off teed teed off teem with teeth teething teething problems teething troubles telegraph telegraph punches telephone telephone in telescope into tell tell about tell all tell apart tell by tell from tell from else Tell it like it is tell it to the marines Tell it to the marines!			tears to shreds tears to shreds tears to shreds tears to shreds Tearscope plus Tearsheet, Doll tearstain teart teart scours teary teary teary teary teary-eyed Teas Teas Teas Teas Teas TEASA Teasdale Teasdale, Sara tease tease tease tease tease tease about tease apart tease into doing tease out tease out of Tease tenon Tease tenon teased teased teased teased teased teased out teased out teased out teased out teasel teasel Teasel family Teasel family Teasel frame teaseled teaseled Teaseler teaseling teaseling teaselled teaselled teaselling teaselling teasels teasels teaser teaser

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