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comb

verb [T] (SEARCH)
 
 
/kəʊm/ US  /koʊm/

Definition

to search a place or an area very carefully in order to find something: The police combed the whole area for evidence. Investigators combed through the wreckage.Searching
(Definition of comb verb (SEARCH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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