Idiom
worm something out of someone
Theme: OBTAIN
to get some kind of information out of someone. (Informal.)He didn't want to tell me the truth, but I finally wormed it out of him.She succeeded in worming the secret out of me. I didn't mean to tell it.
Idiom
worm something out of someone
Theme: INQUIRY
to get some kind of information out of someone. (Informal.)He didn't want to tell me the truth, but I finally wormed it out of him.She succeeded in worming the secret out of me. I didn't mean to tell it.