ferret out

English

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To discover something after searching.

   Near-synonyms: dig out, sniff 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