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If you’re lucky, the vinegar will have softened the deposits enough, so the water pressure pushes the remaining deposits out of the holes.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2022

After a 30-minute rest before carving, the meat will still be pink and juicy but firm, and the connective tissue will have softened.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2015

If you’re lucky, the vinegar will have softened the deposits enough so that the water pressure pushes them out of the holes.

From Washington Post

A year's association with him will have softened her fibre, will have aroused in her mind doubts of the perfectibility of mankind.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

During this operation the sheet will have softened and "humped up," and will admit of stretching.

From Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise by Maginnis, Charles