to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal

I was being flip with the dinner-date suggestion. And my age would surely provoke some discussion relative to the HSTS and AG thing which I'd rather not go into.

to lap a bandage around a finger

I wet the rod and measured the stuff into the top and by that time the water was steaming. I filled the lower half of the dingus and set it on the flame.