root out
(tr, adverb) to remove or eliminate completely: we must root out inefficiency
Words Nearby root out
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How to use root out in a sentence
Speak to the friends and people you need to root out in life and let that conversation flow.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting | Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat case was buoyed by a federal investigation into how Cuomo conducted a commission he created to root out Albany corruption.
Populists Go Down in Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party | David Freedlander | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn response, Israel invaded southern Lebanon in an effort to root out the Palestinian Liberation Organization from its base.
The current governor, Andrew Cuomo, vowed to root out corruption but has accomplished little so far.
NY’s Plan to Bribe Politicians to Stay Honest: What Could Go Wrong? | Errol Louis | April 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCustoms and Border Protection in recent years hired more than 200 internal affairs agents to root out corruption.
As Obama Offers Immigration Plan, Report Shows Border Patrol Corruption | Andrew Becker | January 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
This book occasioned some prelates to say that they must root out printing or printing would root out them.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAnd when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousWhy have you not to-day three legitimate heirs to root out the hopes of these seditious persons?
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacBecause we root out a place one day, and the next the young ones sprout up again.
Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp | Lillian Elizabeth RoyIt did not root out Shintoism, it simply overwhelmed and absorbed it.
The Old World and Its Ways | William Jennings Bryan
Other Idioms and Phrases with root out
Search for, seek to discover, as in He was trying to root out the reason for her long absence. This idiom alludes to the way hogs dig by using their snouts. [Mid-1800s]
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