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  • 101root 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 102dig out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you dig someone or something out of a place, you get them out by digging or by forcing them from the things surrounding them. [V n P of n] ...digging minerals out of the Earth... [V n P of n] Rescue crews have been digging… …

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  • 103pry 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,… …

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  • 104ferret out — [v] trace, search out ascertain, be on to, bring to light*, chase, determine, dig up*, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, extract, follow, get at*, hunt, learn, nose out*, penetrate, pick up on, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, root out*,… …

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  • 105ferret out — PHRASAL VERB If you ferret out some information, you discover it by searching for it very thoroughly. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] The team is trying to ferret out missing details... [V n P] I leave it to the reader to ferret these out. Syn:… …

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  • 106To hearken out — Hearken Heark en, v. t. 1. To hear by listening. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] [She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 107To sift out — Sift Sift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sifting}.] [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. [root]151a. See {Sieve}.] 1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 108Web search engine — Search engine redirects here. For other uses, see Search engine (disambiguation). The three most widely used web search engines and their approximate share as of late 2010.[1] A web search engine is designed to search for information on the Wo …

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  • 109lawful search — search carried out according to legal requirements, search conducted legally …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 110sift out — search for, check carefully, investigate …

    English contemporary dictionary