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fine-tooth comb

  [fahyn-tooth]
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–noun
1. a comb having narrow, closely set teeth.
—Idiom
2. go over or 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.
Also, fine-toothed comb  [fahyn-tootht, -toothd] .

Origin:
1830–40
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