Detective work

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    investigative research idiomatic, uncountable

    "We did some detective work and found out that the water was getting in through a cracked pipe."

  2. 2
    a police investigation to determine the perpetrator wordnet

Example

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"We did some detective work and found out that the water was getting in through a cracked pipe."