hunt+out

  • 71ferret out — Synonyms and related words: ascertain, bring to light, cast about, chase, determine, dig out, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, elicit, excavate, exhume, expose, extract, fish out, fish up, follow, grub up, hunt, hunt out, learn, nose out,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 72run out — Synonyms and related words: advance, ago, antiquated, antique, apostatize, be all over, be consumed, be done for, be no more, be used up, become extinct, become void, betray, blow, blow out, blow over, blown over, bolt, bow out, break away, break …

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  • 73root out — Synonyms and related words: abate, abolish, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, avulse, ban, bar, blot out, bob, buck off, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off,… …

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  • 74freeze out — Synonyms and related words: ban, bar, bar out, blockade, chase out, count out, cut off, debar, drive out, drum out, embargo, exclude, force out, harry out, hunt out, ignore, keep out, leave out, lock out, omit, ostracize, pass over, preclude,… …

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  • 75drum out — Synonyms and related words: boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, chase out, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, dismiss, displace, displume,… …

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  • 76pry out — Synonyms and related words: cross examine, cross interrogate, cross question, dig out, extract information, ferret out, fish out, go over, grill, grub up, hunt out, inquisition, make inquisition, roast, root out, scout out, search out, spy out,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 77sniff out — informal McMahon and Romero were sent uptown to sniff out the source of these letters Syn: detect, find, discover, bring to light, track down, dig up, hunt out, ferret out, root out, uncover, unearth …

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  • 78sniff something out — (informal) DETECT, find, discover, bring to light, track down, dig up, hunt out, ferret out, root out, uncover, unearth, run to earth/ground. → sniff …

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  • 79To hunt counter — Hunt Hunt, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. [1913 Webster] Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. To seek; to pursue; to search; with for or after. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 80out of the hunt —  Having no further chance of success …

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