tease out

verb

teased out; teasing out; teases out

transitive verb

1
: to obtain by or as if by disentangling or freeing with a pointed instrument
2

Examples of tease out in a Sentence

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Gerstle always tries to tease out how someone imagines using their outdoor space over the long term, and create a full design plan that incorporates each area. Lexi Dwyer, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025 Warrant and Dreyer hope to tease out more answers in follow-up studies. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 June 2025 The parallel is teased out by Tom Wheeler — the former chair of the FCC and now a fellow at the Brookings Institution — in his 2023 book Techlash: Who Makes the Rules In the Digital Gilded Age? Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025 Solar Orbiter may be able to tease out some of these answers. Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tease out

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tease out was in 1828

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“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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