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Ferret out   /fˈɛrət aʊt/   Listen
Ferret out

verb
1.
Search and discover through persistent investigation.  Synonym: ferret.





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"Ferret out" Quotes from Famous Books



... to Rupert Grant, Basil's amateur detective brother, whereupon Basil has to intervene to put matters right. The author does not appear to have been struck by the inconsistency of setting Basil to work to ferret out the doings of his fellow club-members. The book is, in fact, full of joyous inconsistencies. The Agent for Arboreal Villas is clearly unqualified for the membership of the Club. Professor Chadd has no business there either. He is elected on the strength of having invented ...
— G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study • Julius West
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... were to take ship to Simonides Four, and seek to learn what he could about these guessed-at conditions as swiftly as possible. If he gained any impressions of who or what group was behind this movement, he was to attempt to join it and ferret out that secret so ...
— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans
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Words linked to "Ferret out" :   find, discover


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