tease out

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to extract (information) with difficulty

Idioms and Phrases

Lure out, obtain or extract with effort, as in We had a hard time teasing the wedding date out of him. This term alludes to the literal sense of tease, “untangle or release something with a pointed tool.” [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

Many advanced economies are so thoroughly distorted by the land-finance nexus that it can be hard to even tease out the consequences.

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While there is evidence that AI is cutting into demand for certain jobs, such as software development, the degree to which it is more broadly automating away jobs is difficult to tease out, points out Kolko.

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"We saw molecules at the location of the planet, and so we knew that there was stuff in there worth digging for and spending a year trying to tease out of the data. It really took a lot of perseverance," said Grant.

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Helpfully, King hasn’t written any books specifically about Derry, granting the Muschiettis and co-showrunners Brad Caleb Kane and Jason Fuchs relative freedom to tease out what Andy describes as the book’s enigmas.

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From that, they can learn what the animals are eating and collect DNA that enables them to identify individuals and tease out family relationships.

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