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root out — (something) to find and remove a problem. She promises to root out corruption in state government. Retreating forces can blend into the landscape, making it more difficult to root them out … New idioms dictionary
root out — index destroy (efface), disinter, extirpate, ferret, solve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
root out — verb 1. pull up by or as if by the roots (Freq. 1) uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden • Syn: ↑uproot, ↑extirpate, ↑deracinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑deracination ( … Useful english dictionary
root out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you root out a person, you find them and force them from the place they are in, usually in order to punish them. [V P n (not pron)] The generals have to root out traitors... [V n P] It shouldn t take too long to root him out.… … English dictionary
root out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms root out : present tense I/you/we/they root out he/she/it roots out present participle rooting out past tense rooted out past participle rooted out to find something bad or illegal and get rid of it The… … English dictionary
root out — 1) the hedge was rooted out Syn: uproot, deracinate, pull up, grub out 2) root out corruption Syn: eradicate, eliminate, weed out, destroy, wipe out, stamp out, extirpate, abolish … Thesaurus of popular words
root out — phr verb Root out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑corruption … Collocations dictionary
root out something — root out (something) to find and remove a problem. She promises to root out corruption in state government. Retreating forces can blend into the landscape, making it more difficult to root them out … New idioms dictionary
root out — Synonyms and related words: abate, abolish, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, avulse, ban, bar, blot out, bob, buck off, cast off, cast out, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off,… … Moby Thesaurus
root out — remove by the roots … English contemporary dictionary
