ferret out

• Deutsches Verb, das bedeutet, etwas – besonders Informationen – durch beharrliches Suchen oder gründliches Nachforschen aufzuspüren oder herauszufinden.

A phrasal verb meaning to discover or find something, especially information, by searching persistently or investigating thoroughly.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Discover or uncoverinformal

   To find something hidden or concealed through persistent searching or investigation.

   Ausfindig machen

   • The detective ferreted out the truth from the witness.
   • She managed to ferret out the missing documents from the archives.
   • Journalists often ferret out scandals that others try to hide.

   Synonymedig updiscoverexposefindroot outsniff outtrack downuncoverunearth

   Antonymeconcealcoverhidemasksuppress

Grundverbferret