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What does ferret out mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ferret out? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To discover something after searching.
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He relies on the telephone and on an eye trained by expensive experience to ferret out bad checks.
No wonder the keen-nosed pigs who ferret out truffles from the roots of certain hardwood trees are so avid in their work.
Directors always see something in you that you have to kind of ferret out, in a way.
We sent award-winning investigative journalist Gregory Smith to ferret out the answers.
I have appointed a proven and aggressive Inspector General to ferret out any and all cases of waste and fraud.
Even foreign journalists inside the city have struggled to ferret out information.

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