ferret out
ferret out the solution to a mystery.
to ferret the facts out
he had a quick ferret around .
she had the ability to ferret out the facts.
The police failed to ferret out the truth.
She’s determined to ferret out the truth.
keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret;
The police ferreted about all over the house for clues.
he shambled over to the desk and ferreted around .
German ferrets constantly spied on the Allied prisoners of war.
Resembling an overgrown ferret, the Jarvey is one of the few beasts that can actually talk.
"That devil of a Marius has ferreted out the nest of a millionaire grisette in his tree of dreams!
Officials have tried vaccinating individual ferrets and they've tried treating prairie-dog burrows with flea-killer.
This little ferret is taking us for fools. -Ferret? -Fools?
" it provides a promising tool for continued efforts to conserve the black-footed ferret" .
And the black-footed ferret is a great example.
There was the guy with the ferrets.
Buckbeak, bored, was ferreting for worms again.
Now, can you ferret out the fairies for us?
Ok. How about we get a cat or a ferret!
Behind him, Buckbeak spat a few ferret bones onto Hagrid's pillow.
By 1981, there was only one colony of ferrets living in Wyoming.
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