ferret out
Upper Intermediate (B2)informal
To find something hidden or secret by searching very hard until you discover it.
"The researcher managed to ferret out some fascinating details about the artist's early life."
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Corruption vs. Hope: Montenegro’s Turning Point | Focus on Europe
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but at first needs to ferret out corruption.
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That's how you can start to ferret out whether somebody
We can't invent a robot better than these ferrets
Tom Scott · 14:37
And it’s not like you could shake the pipe to get the ferret out.
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a lot of hard work to ferret out those good Investments so then the next