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
I have no doubt you will ferret it out.
From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Charles Mills Sheldon
He will ferret out your whole past, lay bare the whole black record of your rascalities and hypocrisies, and forbid his daughter ever again to hold the slightest communication with you.
From Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Martha Finley
