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wresting Meaning & Definition

What Does Wresting Mean?

Wresting is a verb that means present participle and gerund of wrest.

To pull or twist violently.
To obtain by pulling or violent force.
He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.
To seize.
To distort, to pervert, to twist.
To tune with a wrest, or key.

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He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.

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