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noun
Idiom1.
a comb having narrow, closely set teeth.
2.
go over/through with a fine-tooth comb, to examine in close detail; search thoroughly; fine-comb: The police went over the apartment with a fine-tooth comb.
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Fine-tooth comb
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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World English Dictionary
| fine-tooth comb or fine-toothed comb | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a comb with fine teeth set closely together |
| 2. | go over with a fine-tooth comb, go over with a fine-toothed comb, go through with a fine-tooth comb, go through with a fine-toothed comb to examine very thoroughly |
| fine-toothed comb or fine-toothed comb | |
| —n | |
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Idioms & Phrases
fine-tooth comb
A method of searching or investigating in minute detail, as in He examined the figures with a fine-tooth comb but found no errors. The practice of using a comb with close-set teeth to comb out head lice was transferred to various kinds of investigation in the late 1800s.
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