to worm one's self into

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to worm one's self into - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Worm \Worm\, v. t.
     1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and
        secret means; -- often followed by out.
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              They find themselves wormed out of all power.
                                                    --Swift.
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              They . . . wormed things out of me that I had no
              desire to tell.                       --Dickens.
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     2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge
        from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5
        (b) .
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     3. To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a
        dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw.
        The operation was formerly supposed to guard against
        canine madness.
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              The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties,
              wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier
              puppies.                              --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     4. (Naut.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally
        round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with
        spun yarn, as a small rope.
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              Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are
              served.                               --Totten.
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     To worm one's self into, to enter into gradually by arts
        and insinuations; as, to worm one's self into favor.
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