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Etymology 1 edit

от- (ot-) +‎ жать (žatʹ, to press, to squeeze)

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отжа́ть (otžátʹpf (imperfective отжима́ть)

  1. to squeeze dry
  2. to squeeze out (liquid)
  3. (colloquial) to push back, to drive back, to force to retreat
  4. (technical) to force to separate under pressure (e.g. a valve, a layer of rock)
  5. (colloquial) to extort, to expropriate, to seize or take the possession of something by physical force, menace or other illegal and ingenuine means
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Etymology 2 edit

от- (ot-) +‎ жать (žatʹ, to reap, to harvest)

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отжа́ть (otžátʹpf (imperfective отжина́ть)

  1. to finish harvesting, to finish reaping
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