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fine-tooth comb

NOUN
  1. a method of examining in minute detail
    he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes
  2. a comb with teeth set close together

How To Use fine-tooth comb In A Sentence

  • After going over your resume with a fine-tooth comb, solicit proofreading assistance from trusted friends and colleagues.
  • It just shows you, kids, don't ever sign a statement if you haven't been through it with a fine-tooth comb.
  • The police went over the scene of the crime with a fine-tooth comb.
  • The police went over the scene of the crime with a fine-tooth comb.
  • I want to take a handful of good men and go over it with a fine-tooth comb.
  • They can be utterly thorough, go through the text with a fine-tooth comb, changing every "Gonnae naw dae that!" to "Going to not do that? More on Critique
  • It might contain an underlying message that overrides careful analysis discoverable only by the few who go through it with a fine-tooth comb.
  • he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes
  • We found the latter lounging about the unwholesome streets; and the former seated at their thresholds, engaged in those pursuits of the chase which the use of a fine-tooth comb would undignify to mere slaughter. Venetian Life
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