pull teeth
Verb
To extract teeth, usually because they are decayed or damaged.
To do something that is especially difficult or effortful.
Usage- idiomatic
- Intransitive
- Synonyms
- Examples
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You will probably have to pull teeth to get a straight answer from a car salesman.
“We thought there would be a mad rush of students participating in these events, and it was like pulling teeth to get students to come out,” she recalled.
Word forms
pulls teethpulling teethpulled teethpulled teeth