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ferreted (out)verbpast tense of ferret (out) to come upon after searching, study, or effortthe reporter ferreted out massive evidence of corruption at city hall ascertained, descried, detected, determined, discovered, dredged (up), dug out, dug up, found, found out, got, hit (on or upon), hunted (down or up), learned, located, nosed out, ran down, rooted (out), routed (out), rummaged, scared up, scouted (up), tracked (down), turned up espied, sighted, spottedlooked for, searched (for or out), sought missed, overlooked, passed over lost, mislaid, misplaced, misset(or mis-set) |