Subj : Drain
To   : Dallas Hinton
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Mon Jul 13 2020 22:50:44

Dallas Hinton to Alexander Koryagin:

AK>> If I talk about myself, can I say: "I drained Jim
AK>> everything I knew about his wife's love affair."  ;-)
DH> You can -- I wouldn't -- it's not wrong,
DH> just....unusual!

I am sure it is wrong without an "of" before "everything."
Possible amendments:

  a.  I drained Jim of everything *he* knew about his wife's
      love affair.

  b.  I drained from Jim everything *he* knew about...

  c.  I let Jim drain me of everything I knew about...

  d.  I divulged to Jim everything I knew about...
      (now that's more like dumping!)

"drain" seems to imply a certain effort on the part of the
receiver (e.g. a vampyre), unless it verb is used in the
narrow technical sense of the operation of a drainage
system.

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