wrench something off

wrench something off
wrench something off (of) someone or something & wrench something off
to yank or twist something off someone or something. (

Of

is usually retained before pronouns.) •

He wrenched the shoes off the sleeping man and ran away.

He wrenched off the catsup bottle cap.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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