wormed

verb

Meaning

To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
To move with one's body dragging the ground.
To work one's way by artful or devious means.
To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.
(in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
Affected with woodworm.
Infested with parasitic worms.

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