Flushed Out
Need help again.We should wait until this thing is more
fully flushed out. Then, we will see what
we should do next.what does "more fully flushed out" mean here?
Thanks!
Could it be "fleshed out"?
I don't think so. The following from the American Heritage Dictionary:
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FLUSH
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover.
2. To drive or force into the open: The police fired tear gas to
flush out the terrorists.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To dart out or fly from cover.
NOUN:
1. A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English flusshen.
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To flush something out is to expose it, or to reveal its true nature and/or purpose.
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