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We jerk wet clothes before spreading them as string.

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The water droplets in the wet cloth are at rest. When the wet cloth is jerked, water droplets try to remain at rest due to inertia. So water droplets get detached from the cloth. Hence, the wet cloth with less water dry up quickly.
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