sweat it out

sweat it out
   of to obtain information from by coercion
   Police jargon, sometimes shortened to sweat:
    I don't believe Frank Gloriana is a strong character. Sweat him. (Sanders, 1992 — Frank was under arrest)
   The coercion usually takes place in a cell named a sweat-box, which, significantly, used to be 19th-century criminal slang for any cell in a British police station.

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