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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 investigationplay

  Familiarity information: FERRET OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FERRET OUT (verb)


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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