beatsomethingout ofsomeone
phrasal verbwithbeatverbuk/biːt/us/biːt/beat|beatenorUSalsobeat
to make someone say things they do notwantto byhittingthem:
The menclaimedthat thepolicehadbeatentheconfessionout of them.
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- ask aftersomeone
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
- beat
- bombard
- bombardsomeonewithsomething
- cross-examine
- doorstep
- enquire
- inquire withinidiom
- interviewer
- pin
- Q, q
- reinterview
- resurvey
- retest
- rhetorically
- roll
- survey
- the third degreeidiom