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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The crackdown was ostensibly to ferret out spies, but in many cases the security forces used the war as a pretext to detain ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to Amnesty International. Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025 Whatever seems to be wrong is ferreted out. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 When this sort of explanation is merely an excuse for gender discrimination, courts ferret out the real reason and punish the culprit. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 And the state has just embarked on its DOGE effort to ferret out wasteful spending. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 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 29 Sep. 2025.

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