rootsomething/someoneout
phrasal verbwithrootverbuk/ruːt/us/ruːt/
(SEARCH FOR)
informal
tosearchandfindsomething or someone that isdifficulttofind:
I'verootedout anoldpairofshoesthat mightfityou.
Searching
- -seeking
- beachcomb
- beachcomber
- beachcombing
- body search
- bounty hunter
- divine
- hunting ground
- keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
- leave no stone unturnedidiom
- manhunt
- mudlark
- needle
- scout
- scratch
- search
- seeksomeone/somethingout
- seeker
- shakesomeonedown
- troll
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Finding and discovering
(GET RID OF)
tofindandremoveapersonor thing that iscausingaproblem:
Ms Campbell has beenappointedtorootoutinefficiencyin thiscompany.
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rob
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- suck
- sweep
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Removing and extracting