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to ferret out
01
to actively and persistently search for and uncover a piece of information or a secret
Transitive: to ferret out something hidden or secret
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
ferret
Present tense
ferret out
3rd person singular
ferrets out
Present participle
ferreting out
Past simple
ferreted out
Past participle
ferreted out
Examples
The reporter diligently ferreted out the concealed aspects of the political controversy.
