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to sift through
[phrase form: sift]
01
to carefully review and sort through a substantial amount of material
Transitive: to sift through sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Present tense
sift through
3rd person singular
sifts through
Past simple
sifted through
Past participle
sifted through
Examples
The detective spent hours sifting through the evidence at the crime scene.
