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Verb: flush out
  1. Make people or animals leave a place where they are hiding
    "The police used tear gas to flush out the suspects"
     
  2. Make someone (or a group or organization) reveal their intentions or something else otherwise hidden
    "The investigative report flushed out the company's hidden agenda"
     
  3. Clean by forcing water (or other cleaning fluid) through
    "They flushed out the radiator to remove the debris"

Derived forms: flushed out, flushes out, flushing out