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单词 flush someone/something out
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flushsomeone/somethingout

phrasal verbwithflushverb
uk
/flʌʃ/us
/flʌʃ/
toforceapersonoranimaltoleaveaplacewhere they arehiding:
Planesbombedtheguerrillapositionsyesterdayin anattempttoflushoutsnipersfromundergroundtunnels.
We used adogtoflushtherabbitsout.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Evicting and forcing to leave
  • bootsomeoneoff (something)
  • bootsomeoneout (ofsomething)
  • bump
  • chuck
  • chucksomeoneout
  • clearsomeoneoffsomething
  • clearance
  • dislocated
  • expulsion
  • extraditable
  • extradite
  • extradition
  • flingsomething/someoneout
  • ship
  • shipsomeoneoff
  • showsomeonethe dooridiom
  • slam dunk
  • slingsomeoneout
  • smoke
  • throw
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flushsomeoneout

phrasal verbwithflushverb
uk
/flʌʃ/us
/flʌʃ/
to do something inordertodiscoverpeoplewho have beendishonest:
By cross-checkingclaims, we willflushout thefraudsters.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Finding and discovering
  • a fishing expeditionidiom
  • ascertain
  • break (fresh/new) groundidiom
  • breakthrough
  • bringsomethingto lightidiom
  • catchsomeonered-handedidiom
  • finding
  • fossick
  • found
  • geocache
  • pinpoint
  • putsomeoneontosomething
  • putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
  • rake
  • rakesomethingout
  • red-handed
  • rediscover
  • rumble
  • sniff
  • uncover
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flushsomethingout

phrasal verbwithflushverb
uk
/flʌʃ/us
/flʌʃ/
toremovesomething using asuddenflowofwater:
Drink a lot ofwatertoflushthetoxinsout ofyoursystem.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Removing and getting rid of things
  • abandonment
  • banish
  • be scattered to the four windsidiom
  • bin
  • castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
  • dumping
  • eradication
  • erase
  • erasure
  • evacuate
  • evacuation
  • exorcism
  • fling
  • scrape
  • shoo
  • shrug
  • shrugsomethingoff
  • shuck
  • shucksomethingoff
  • sling
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(Definition offlush someone/something outfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flush (out) something| American Dictionary

flush (out)something

phrasal verbwithflushverb
us
/flʌʃ/
tocleansomething byforcingalargeamountofwateron or through it:
Rinse thefabricincoolwaterto flush out thepaint.

flush outsomeone/something

phrasal verbwithflushverb
us
/flʌʃ/
toforceapersonoranimaltoleaveahidingplace:
He had toclimbdown thesideof thetunnelto flush out thebirds.
(Definition offlush (out) somethingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

flush out sb| Business English

flush out sb

phrasal verbwithflushverb
uk
/flʌʃ/us
toforcesomeone who isplanningsomethingsecretlytoactor tostatetheirintentions:
Analysts havespeculatedthat thecurrentweaksharepricecouldflushout apotentialbidder.
(Definition offlush out sbfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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