ferret
noun
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
will ferret
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future tenseof ferret.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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We will ferret out students who protest against my policies.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025
"We are confident that a fair trial will ferret out the truth."
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2010
In due course, we can be sure, the ingenuity of man will ferret out these secrets .
From Time Magazine Archive
And whatever his secret is—and I dare say 'tisn't worth knowing—the people here will ferret it out at last, I warrant you.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
I will ferret out who and what they are.
From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn
