From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpriseprise British English, prize American English /praɪz/ verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] XXto move or lift something by pushing it away from something else I tried to prise the lid off. → prise something out of somebody→ See Verb table
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prise• A soldier prised a small silver flask from the dead man's hand and passed it to Colonel Voss.• Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart, but his broken arm proved to be a burden.• He prised open Ruthven's mouth.• A door had been prised open.• He'd need that to prise out the nail that pinned his cat over the door.• He prised the sealed top open and found army uniforms, with no insignia marks on them.• Crawling round on your hands and knees, prising up brick ends.• It ain't five minutes since I finally prised you off the end of my bed, now you're back. 