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look under rocks

look under rocks is the alternative form of leave no stone unturned.

Meaning of leave no stone unturned

Verb

leave no stone unturned (third-person singular simple present leaves no stone unturned, present participle leaving no stone unturned, simple past and past participle left no stone unturned)

  1. (idiomatic) To search or investigate thoroughly.
    • “This case of police torture and murder is shocking. But this is not the first case and it is unlikely to be the last case until and unless the police conduct serious interrogations and investigations and leave no stones unturned,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch.2021 August 25, Tassanee Vejpongsa, “Video sparks arrest of Thai police in drug suspect's death”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 26 Aug 2021
  2. (figuratively) To perform a task carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.
    • [He] left unturned no stone / To make my guilt appear, and hide his own.1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Forms of look under rocks

third-person singular presentlooks under rocks
present participlelooking under rocks
past participlelooked under rocks
pastlooked under rocks

Questions about look under rocks

What is look under rocks the alternative form of?
Look under rocks is the alternative form of leave no stone unturned.

Words near look under rocks in the dictionary

  1. look through
  2. look through one's fingers
  3. look through rose-colored glasses
  4. look through rose-tinted glasses
  5. look to
  6. look under rocks
  7. look up
  8. look up and down
  9. look up to
  10. look upon
  11. look what the cat dragged in

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