flushing out
Forcing into open
Flushing out means driving something from concealment into the open.
Hunters flush out game from undergrowth; investigators flush out hidden facts.
The phrase implies revealing what was deliberately hidden or hard to find: The audit flushed out several accounting irregularities.
Often confused with "fleshing out," which means adding detail or substance to something incomplete.
- rinsingClearing with water
- cleanseRemove dirt or sin
- dislodgingFreeing from fixed position
- smoking outForcing from concealment
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
expel · purify · drain · cleaning out · scour · clear · revealing · bringing to light · unmasking · rooting out · uncovering · ejecting · ousting · getting rid of · weeding out · scrubbing · sanitize · exposing
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
- pursuit tacticschasing, pursuing, hot pursuit, giving chase, following
- retrievalfetch, fetching, retrieving, recovering, reclaiming
flushing outconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · covering up · burying · suppressing · obscuring
flushing outharboring
Concealing or protecting someone
sheltering · keeping in · retaining · protecting · taking in
flushing outparing down
Gradual reduction process
stripping down · condensing · abbreviating · truncating · cutting back
flush, flushed, flushes, flushing, outing, outs, outward, outwardly