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FISHING EXPEDITION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fishing expedition mean?
• FISHING EXPEDITION (noun)
The noun FISHING EXPEDITION has 1 sense:
1. an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information
Familiarity information: FISHING EXPEDITION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fishing expedition" is a kind of...):
investigation; probe (an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities)
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