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ferreting out

ferreting out is the present participle and gerund of ferret out.

Meaning of ferret out

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
    Synonyms:
    dig out, sniff out

Questions about ferreting out

What is ferreting out the present participle and gerund of?
Ferreting out is the present participle and gerund of ferret out.

Words near ferreting out in the dictionary

  1. ferreter
  2. ferreters
  3. ferreting
  4. ferreting about
  5. ferreting around
  6. ferreting out
  7. ferretings
  8. Ferretiz
  9. Ferretizes
  10. ferretlike
  11. ferrets

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