Tease out

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.

    "2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The researchers are teasing out fine details of the yaki’s private life."

  2. 2
    To separate as if by unraveling.
  3. 3
    To work out, procure, or extract, usually by processes involving subterfuge, diligence, manipulation, or coaxing.

    "Well, early in the days of vitamin and mineral discovery, chickens were the research models for studies that eventually teased out information that we take for granted today."

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