root out


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to remove or eliminate completely: we must root out inefficiency

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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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