FERRET OUT


Meaning of FERRET OUT in English

If you ferret out some information, you discover it by searching for it very thoroughly. ( INFORMAL )

The team is trying to ferret out missing details...

I leave it to the reader to ferret these out.

= unearth

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P

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