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I don't know the answer to that, as in Where's John?—Search me, I haven't seen him for weeks . This expression in effect means “you can investigate me completely for the information you want but you won't find it.” [ Slang ; c. 1900]

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tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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