to find something bad or illegal and get rid of it
Experience has shown, however, that we can best root out terrorists by a swift descent upon them, using the smaller weapons.
Occasionally the most unfriendly ones may drop a branch, or stick a root out, or grasp at you with a long trailer.
The president vowed to root out corruption.
`However sincere, the chap had a good incentive to root out anyone even remotely qualifying for his detection methods.
roots out
rooting out
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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