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leave no stone unturned
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1 leave no stone unturned
Search thoroughly and exhaustively.
Roget 461:
make inquiry
etc.
n.;
inquire,
ask,
seek,
search.
look for,
look about for,
look out for;
scan,
reconnoiter,
explore,
sound,
rummage,
ransack,
pry,
peer,
look round;
look over,
go over,
look through,
go through;
spy,
overhaul.
[object is a topic]
ask about,
inquire about.
scratch the head,
slap the forehead.
look into every hole and corner,
peer into every hole and corner,
pry into every hole and corner;
nose;
trace up;
search out,
hunt down,
hunt out,
fish out,
ferret out;
unearth;
leave no stone unturned.
seek a clue,
seek a clew;
hunt,
track,
trail,
mouse,
dodge,
trace;
follow the trail,
follow the scent;
pursue
etc.
662;
beat up one's quarters;
fish for;
feel for
etc.
(experiment)
463.
investigate;
take up an inquiry,
institute an inquiry,
pursue an inquiry,
follow up an inquiry,
conduct an inquiry,
carry on an inquiry,
carry out an inquiry,
prosecute an inquiry
etc.
n.;
look at,
look into;
preexamine;
discuss,
canvass,
agitate.
[inquire into a topic]
examine,
study,
consider,
calculate;
dip into,
dive into,
delve into,
go deep into;
make sure of,
probe,
sound,
fathom;
probe to the bottom,
probe to the quick;
scrutinize,
analyze,
anatomize,
dissect,
parse,
resolve,
sift,
winnow;
view in all its phases,
try in all its phases;
thresh out.
bring in question,
bring into question,
subject to examination;
put to the proof
etc.
(experiment)
463;
audit,
tax,
pass in review;
take into consideration
etc.
(think over)
451;
take counsel
etc.
695.
question,
demand;
put the question,
pop the question,
propose the question,
propound the question,
moot the question,
start the question,
raise the question,
stir the question,
suggest the question,
put forth the question,
ventilate the question,
grapple with the question,
go into a question.
[human object],
question,
put to the question,
interrogate,
pump;
subject to interrogation,
subject to examination;
cross-question,
cross-examine;
press for an answer;
give the third degree;
put to the inquisition;
dodge†.
catechize.
require an answer;
pick the brains of,
suck the brains of;
feel the pulse.
get the lay of the land;
see how the wind is blowing;
put one's ear to the ground.
be in question
etc.
adj.;
undergo examination.
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Roget 686:
exert oneself;
exert one's energies,
tax one's energies;
use exertion.
labor,
work,
toil,
moil,
sweat,
fag,
drudge,
slave,
drag a lengthened chain,
wade through,
strive,
stretch a long arm;
pull,
tug,
ply;
ply the oar,
tug at the oar;
do the work;
take the laboring oar bestir oneself
(be active)
682;
take trouble,
trouble oneself.
work hard;
rough it;
put forth one's strength,
put forth a strong arm;
fall to work,
bend the bow;
buckle to,
set one's shoulder to the wheel
etc.
(resolution)
604;
work like a horse,
work like a cart horse,
work like a galley slave,
work like a coal heaver;
labor day and night,
work day and night;
redouble one's efforts;
do double duty;
work double hours,
work double tides;
sit up,
burn the candle at both ends;
stick to
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
work one's way,
fight one's way,
lay about one,
hammer at.
take pains;
do one's best,
do one's level best,
do one's utmost;
give one hundred percent,
do the best one can,
do all one can,
do all in one's power,
do as much as in one lies,
do what lies in one's power;
use one's best endeavor,
use one's utmost endeavor;
try one's best,
try one's utmost;
play one's best card;
put one's best leg foremost,
put one's right leg foremost;
have one's whole soul in his work,
put all one's strength into,
strain every nerve;
spare no efforts,
spare no pains;
go all lengths;
go through fire and water
etc.
(resolution)
604;
move heaven and earth,
leave no stone unturned.
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