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Discover Ludwig"rooted out" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe when someone has actively searched for something and succeeded in finding it. For example, "The investigator rooted out the truth."
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rooted out
verb
Past of root out
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Can corruption be rooted out?
And it, too, can be rooted out.
Such abuses should be rooted out.
Only gradually, and with care, can corruption be rooted out.
They are alien invaders, to be resisted and rooted out.
The post-Watergate reforms have effectively rooted out colorful corruption.
These terrorists must be rooted out and destroyed.
He rooted out a plastic package that looked like bacon.
Widespread fraud in tax affairs, welfare and farm subsidies is being rooted out.
Labor markets are being liberalized, pension ages pushed up, corruption rooted out and tax evasion tackled.
Still, few people believe that corruption has yet been rooted out.
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