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FERRET OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ferret out mean?
• FERRET OUT (verb)
The verb FERRET OUT has 1 sense:
1. search and discover through persistent investigation
Familiarity information: FERRET OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Search and discover through persistent investigation
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
ferret; ferret out
Context example:
She ferreted out the truth
Hypernyms (to "ferret out" is one way to...):
discover; find (make a discovery)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Context examples
Yes—yes—the end is not so difficult; if I had only a brain active enough to ferret out the means of attaining it.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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