"ferret out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferrets out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "ferret out (third-person singular simple present ferrets out, present participle ferreting out, simple past and past participle ferreted out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
          "parents": [],
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: dig out, sniff out"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover something after searching."
      ],
      "id": "en-ferret_out-en-verb-8KJfcE2u",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To discover something after searching."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "word": "débusquer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "word": "mettre la main sur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "word": "dénicher"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xetrypóno",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "word": "ξετρυπώνω"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vynjúxivatʹ",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выню́хивать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výnjuxatʹ",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́нюхать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raznjúxivatʹ",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разню́хивать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raznjúxatʹ",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разню́хать"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to discover something after searching",
          "word": "izrondati"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferret out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferrets out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "ferret out (third-person singular simple present ferrets out, present participle ferreting out, simple past and past participle ferreted out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: dig out, sniff out"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover something after searching."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To discover something after searching."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "word": "débusquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "word": "mettre la main sur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "word": "dénicher"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xetrypóno",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "word": "ξετρυπώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vynjúxivatʹ",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выню́хивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výnjuxatʹ",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́нюхать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznjúxivatʹ",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разню́хивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznjúxatʹ",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разню́хать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to discover something after searching",
      "word": "izrondati"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferret out"
}