ferret out

phrasal verb

ferreted out; ferreting out; ferrets out
: to find (something, such as information) by careful searching
He's good at ferreting out the facts.

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Meanwhile, the Russells' butler, Mr. Church (Jack Gilpin), and his staff seek to ferret out a spy who’s been leaking details about the family’s private life to the press. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 June 2025 Meanwhile, the outside world has no means to poke into the AI to ferret out those maladies. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 In the past five years, numerous states across the country have formed statewide prosecution teams to ferret out voter fraud, only to find few, if any, actual culprits to charge, let alone any evidence of widespread or coordinated fraud. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 12 May 2025 But Ulman is too skeptical to suggest these yahoos could redeem themselves by ferreting out the real problems happening in her home country. Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ferret out

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“Ferret out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferret%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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