ferret out
phrasal verbferret somebody/something out
- (informal) to discover information or to find somebody/something by searching carefully and completely, asking a lot of questions, etc.
搜索出;搜寻出;查获 - He is determined to ferret out the truth about what happened.
他决心查明所发生事情的真相。
- He is determined to ferret out the truth about what happened.