prise

[US]/praɪz/
[UK]/praɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. to force open or apart; to pry
n. a lever for prying
Word Forms
Pluralprises
Third Person Singularprises
Past Tenseprised
Past Participleprised
Present Participleprising

Phrases & Collocations

prise open

prise information

prise out

prise loose

prise apart

Example Sentences

We managed to prise off the lid with a tyre lever.

You’ll be lucky to prise any money out of him!

using a screwdriver, he prised open the window.

I got the loan, though I had to prise it out of him.

I finally managed to prise his new address out of her.

to prise open a door

she managed to prise the secret out of him

he tried to prise the lid off the jar

the detective managed to prise the truth from the suspect

to prise information from someone

Real-world Examples

They prised the box open with a lever.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

He prised open the back of the camera.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The thief prised the casket in less than a second.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it open.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

Prising a boar off a sow or taking the piglets from their mother.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

" Oh, speak English, can't you? " Ron said, prising a fish out from between his teeth.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Prising a child from Lego's vast shop near People's Square can be like unsticking two stubborn bits of Lego.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The meat has to be prised from the bones.

Source: The Economist Culture

He took a screwdriver and prised off the lid.

Source: Roddar

There's no pain would prise his need from him.

Source: The Avengers

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