Synonyms for ferret out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fer-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛr ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for ferret out Other synonyms for the word ferret out
Définition of ferret out
Origin :- early 15c., from ferret (n.), in reference to the use of half-tame ferrets to kill rats and flush rabbits from burrows; the extended sense of "search out, discover" is 1570s. Related: Ferreted; ferreting.
- verb search out
- I ferret out all their secrets and can see through their masks; but I use no witchery about it.
- Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
- When she undertook to ferret out anything, she bent her whole energies to it.
- Extract from : « Clotelle » by William Wells Brown
- He had been piqued by the failure of all his endeavors to ferret out the assassins.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- You do manage to ferret out the unpleasant aspects of our position!
- Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
- It is most interesting to ferret out the origin of these words.
- Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
- Of course, he had managed to ferret out my name from my companions.
- Extract from : « rminius Vambry, his life and adventures » by rminius Vambry
- It is a satisfaction to the conscience—to ferret out the rats sometimes.
- Extract from : « In the Roar of the Sea » by Sabine Baring-Gould
- All the spy can ferret out with his eyes, is transmitted illico.
- Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix
- Tell him to ferret out clothing for 'em, and give 'em a meal.
- Extract from : « The Great Airship. » by F. S. Brereton
- I shall make it my duty to ferret out the coward's name, and——'
- Extract from : « When a Man's Single » by J. M. Barrie
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