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comb through en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To examine scrupulously.
Near-synonym: pore over
Israeli soldiers who combed slowly through the village on Tuesday warned visiting journalists to stay out of homes that had not been cleared, warning they could be booby-trapped with explosives.
2023 October 11, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Hamas gunmen ‘killed families in their beds’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz, say Israeli forces”, in The Guardian:
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comb out
Synonyms
fine-tooth comb · pore over