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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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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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“I commend President Trump for his courage and his commitment to transparency. I’m grateful also to Tulsi Gabbard for her dogged efforts to root out and declassify these documents.”

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That’s the kind of wasted expenditure Musk claims to be rooting out, but it exists largely because of the immense political power of the military-industrial complex.

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