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root something out

to get rid of something completely; to destroy something to its roots or core. No government will ever root out crime completely. The principal wants to root out troublemakers at the local school.

See also: out, root

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None other than that I would not belie my troth, root out my strong love for him who marches with the legions of the cross in Holy Land, (for O, he is not dead The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Martyrdom made a saint of the trivial and foolish Marie Antoinette, and her biographers still keep her fragrant with the odor of sanctity to this day, while unconsciously proving upon almost every page they write that the only calamitous instinct which her husband lacked, she supplied--the instinct to root out and get rid of an honest, able, and loyal official, wherever she found him. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			roller rolling in rolling in the aisles rolling stone gathers no moss rome Rome was not built in a day Rome wasn't built in a day romp romp around romp on romp through roof roof over room room and board room to swing a cat room together room with roost root root and branch root around root for root in root of the problem root out root out of root up rooted in rooted to rooted to the spot rope rope in rope into rope into doing rope off rope or an animal up rope together ropes rose rose by any other name would smell as sweet rose-coloured glasses rose-tinted glasses rosy rot rot away rot off rot out rotate on rote rotten			Root note root notes root notes root notes root notes Root of a nail Root of a tooth Root of an equation root of dissension Root of Evil root of joint root of lung root of nail root of penis Root of Sum of Squares Root of the Holy Ghost Root of the Holy Ghost Root of the Holy Ghost Root of the lung root of the problem root of tongue root of tooth Root of unity Root of unity root of weld root on root on root on root on root opening root out root out of root pain root pain root pain root pain root pass root penetration root perforation root perforation root perforation root perforation root planing root planing root planing root planing root planning Root Port Root position root pressure root pressure Root Protection Area Root Raised Cosine Filter Root Raised-Cosine root ratio root ratio root ratio root ratio root ratio root reptile root resection

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