verb examine sth very carefully
ADVERB
▪ carefully
▪ out
▪
They will try to ~ out the winners and the losers.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
He's mentally ~ing for truths.
▪ through
▪
They spent days carefully ~ing through the evidence.
PHRASES
▪ spend hours ~ing through sth , spend time ~ing through sth
▪
I spent hours ~ing through those heavy art books.
Sift is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ flour