ferret out

English

Verb

ferret out (third-person singular simple present ferrets out, present participle ferreting out, simple past and past participle ferreted out)

(transitive) To discover something after searching.
Synonym: dig out

Translations

to discover something after searching

French: débusquer (fr), mettre la main sur (fr), dénicher (fr)
Greek: ξετρυπώνω (el) (xetrypóno)
Russian: выню́хивать (ru) impf (vynjúxivatʹ), вы́нюхать (ru) pf (výnjuxatʹ), разню́хивать (ru) impf (raznjúxivatʹ), разню́хать (ru) pf (raznjúxatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: izrondati

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