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What does root out mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word root out? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To remove or abolish completely.
  2. To search for and discover.
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The reunion includes those who graduated from St Ursula's in 1974, so get your thinking caps on and root out your old address books!
But he made no promise to do something special to root out the practice of female foeticide.
A couple who have become concerned over the rapid spread of cowbane, have launched their own campaign to root out the plant.
Fortunately the fact that the room was akin to Turkish bath helped root out the weak.
The Prime Minister pledged to do all that was necessary to root out the criminal minority behind the campaign of terror.
It is a specialist search tool, specifically refined to root out the bargains you're looking for and leave out the items you're not.

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