root out

root out

vb

(tr, adverb) to remove or eliminate completely we must root out inefficiency

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	root out - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" deracinate, extirpate, uproot stub - pull up (weeds) by their roots move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	2.	root out - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" extirpate, uproot, eradicate, exterminate destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

Translations

? root out

vt sep

(lit) = root up

(fig) (= remove) evil → mit der Wurzel ausreißen; (= find) → aufspüren, ausgraben (inf)