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FERRET OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Search and discover through persistent investigation
Example:
She ferreted out the truth
Synonyms:
ferret; ferret out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "ferret out" is one way to...):
discover; find (make a discovery)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
