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root out

verb

tr, adverb to remove or eliminate completely
we must root out inefficiency

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Idioms and Phrases

Search for, seek to discover, as in He was trying to root out the reason for her long absence . This idiom alludes to the way hogs dig by using their snouts. [Mid-1800s]

Related Words

bore
bulldoze
burrow
clean
discover
dredge
drill
enter
excavate
exhume
go into
gouge
harvest
penetrate
scoop
search
shovel
sift
uncover
unearth

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