tease out
English
Verb
- To unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)
- The researchers are teasing out fine details of the yaki’s private life.
- 2017, Dr. Mike Roussell, Ask the Diet Doctor: Will CLA Help You Lose Weight?:
- CLA is actually an umbrella term for several different types of trans fats similar in chemical structure. More research is necessary to tease out which type of CLA is actually the most beneficial (but more on that later).
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)
- To separate as if by unraveling.
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