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root out

verb

tr, adverb to remove or eliminate completely
we must root out inefficiency

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Idioms and Phrases

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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When the BBC World Service Eye Investigations team visited the area, Turkish aircraft pummelled the mountains surrounding the village to root out PKK militants, who have long operated from caves and tunnels in northern Iraq.

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On Fox, Johnson invoked another GOP shibboleth, which is that rooting out fraud, waste and abuse would help keep Medicaid solvent.

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Make sure the beds are at least 1 to 2 feet deep, to keep the roots out of contaminated soil.

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Republican leaders have assured their wobbling colleagues that they intend to root out waste, fraud and abuse only, not cut Medicaid benefits.

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After years of security theater, all too many Americans seem ready to accept Trump’s pledge to root out the vermin.

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