ferret out in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ferret out in the English»French Dictionary

I.ferret [Brit ˈfɛrɪt, Am ˈfɛrət] N ZOOL

II.ferret <pres part ferretting; pret, pp ferretted> [Brit ˈfɛrɪt, Am ˈfɛrət] VB intr

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.out [aʊt] VB trans Out is used after many verbs in English to alter or reinforce the meaning of the verb (hold out, wipe out, filter out etc.). Very often in French, a verb alone will be used to translate these combinations. For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (hold, wipe, filter etc.).
When out is used as an adverb meaning outside, it often adds little to the sense of the phrase: they're out in the garden = they're in the garden. In such cases out will not usually be translated: ils sont dans le jardin.
out is used as an adverb to mean absent or not at home. In this case she's out really means she's gone out and the French translation is elle est sortie.
For the phrase out of see III. in the entry below.
For examples of the above and other uses, see the entry below.

See also wipe, hold, filter, come out

I.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] N

II.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] VB trans

I.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB trans

II.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB intr

IV.hold [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] N

I.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] N

II.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB trans

III.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB intr

I.keeping [Brit ˈkiːpɪŋ, Am ˈkipɪŋ] N (custody)

ferret out in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ferret out in the English»French Dictionary

out → out of

See also out of, inside, in, in

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The troop captain proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries.
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Rather than use this to ferret out secrets, he usually applies what he learns to smoothing out injustices, such as an unfair tax.
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Generally, the information was used to ferret out enemy intentions.
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Inside were checklists of symptoms which you could use to ferret out your own evidence.
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Opponents counter that attorneys can not always ferret out actionable evidence of juror bias, particularly in the context of a limited voir dire.
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The press, aided by ethanol and unscrupulousness, does what it can to ferret out the truth.
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You have to get pretty deep into the cut sheets to ferret out some of the differences.
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But that can make it difficult for the public to ferret out details when something goes wrong.
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It also provides a method for documenting and routing system changes to ferret out potential problems with a change before the change is implemented in the organizations systems.
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Besides these agency investigations, several congressional hearings were held to ferret out the facts of the convoluted program.
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