ferret around (English, verb)
expansion: ferret around (third-person singular simple present ferrets around, present participle ferreting around, simple past and past participle ferreted around)
Senses:
glosses: To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads.
tags: colloquial
Forms:
form: ferrets around
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ferreting around
tags: participle
present
form: ferreted around
tags: participle
past
form: ferreted around
tags: past