From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtease something ↔ out phrasal verb1 PERSUADEto succeed in learning information that is hidden, or that someone does not want to tell you of I finally managed to tease the truth out of her.2 SEPARATEto gently move hairs or threads that are stuck together so that they become loose or straight again She combed her hair, gently teasing out the knots. → tease→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
tease out• All there in the big glass anyway, let others tease it out. 