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The phrase "root out" is correct and usable in written English.
It means "to search for and find something hidden or difficult to discover." For example, "The HR department was tasked with rooting out instances of discrimination in the workplace."
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root out
verb
To remove or abolish completely.
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He has refused to root out corruption.
We must root out this evil".
"It's just been impossible to root out".
Only democracy can root out terrorism".
The framework will help "root out bad teaching", he said.
But did he root, out and out, for that result?
[Laughter.] He [Putin] has pledged to root out corruption.
We have to root out the causes of the violence.
Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.
Others use small plainclothes squads to root out a suspect.
"We will continue to methodically root out the Baathists".
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