to go through sth with a fine tooth comb

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• go through something with a fine-tooth comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• go through something with a fine-toothed comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• go over something with a fine-tooth comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• fine-tooth comb — n go through/over sth with a fine tooth comb to examine something very carefully and thoroughly ▪ The police went over the scene of the crime with a fine tooth comb …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fine-tooth comb — noun (C) go through/over sth with a fine tooth comb to examine something very carefully and thoroughly: going over the evidence with a fine tooth comb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• go over something with a fine-toothed comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• comb — comb1 [kəum US koum] n [: Old English; Origin: camb] 1.) a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair look tidy →↑brush 2.) a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• comb — 1 noun 1 (C) a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy 2 (C) a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tooth — /tu:T/ noun plural teeth /ti:T/ (C) 1 IN MOUTH one of the hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and chew your food: Brush your teeth twice a day. | I m going to the dentist to have a tooth out. | cut a tooth (=grow a new tooth):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• go — 1 verb past tense went, past participle gone, 3rd person singular present tense goes TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SPEAKER 1 LEAVE SOMEWHERE (I) to leave a place to go somewhere else; depart: I wanted to go, but Anna wanted to stay. | It s late; I must… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• brush — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ stiff, stiff bristled ▪ Scrub the wood thoroughly with water and a stiff brush. ▪ fine, soft, soft bristled ▪ …   Collocations dictionary