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单词
root out
释义
root out
1.
phrasal verb
If you
root out
a person, you find them and force them from the place they are in, usually in order to punish them.
The generals have to root out traitors.
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It shouldn't take too long to root him out.
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2.
phrasal verb
If you
root out
a problem or an unpleasant situation, you find out who or what is the cause of it and put an end to it.
There would be a major drive to root out corruption.
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PARTICLE
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Any sort of wrong-doing had to be rooted out.
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noun (not pronoun)
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someone is your own flesh and blood
someone lives in an ivory tower
someone might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
someone needs something like a hole in the head
someone needs to get out more
someone or something gets out of hand
someone or something has you in stitches
someone or something is built like a tank
someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb
someone or something will knock your socks off
someone's bag of tricks
someone's bark is worse than their bite
someone's bark is worse than their bite
someone's best shot at something
someone's blue-eyed boy
someone's chosen
someone's days are numbered
someone's days are numbered
someone's ears are burning
someone's hands are tied
someone's heart bleeds for someone
someone's heart hardens against someone or something
someone's heart is in their mouth
someone's heart is in the right place
someone's heart isn't in something
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