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 have ferreted
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future perfectof ferret.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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But, from what I know of Juve, in a very short time he will have ferreted out the trap door and will descend as we have done.
From A Nest of Spies by Marcel Allain
Most likely Rotherwood's clerk, or detective, or whatever he may be, will have ferreted out the rights of the matter at Darminster.
From The Two Sides of the Shield by Charlotte Mary Yonge
