go over sth with a fine-tooth comb
1go over something with a fine-tooth comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …
2fine-tooth comb — n go through/over sth with a fine tooth comb to examine something very carefully and thoroughly ▪ The police went over the scene of the crime with a fine tooth comb …
3go through something with a fine-tooth comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …
4go over something with a fine-toothed comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …
5fine-tooth comb — noun (C) go through/over sth with a fine tooth comb to examine something very carefully and thoroughly: going over the evidence with a fine tooth comb …
6go through something with a fine-toothed comb — go over/through sth with a fine tooth/fine toothed comb idiom to examine or search sth very carefully • The police have gone over the house with a fine tooth comb. Main entry: ↑fine tooth combidiom …
7comb — 1 noun 1 (C) a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy 2 (C) a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for… …
8go — 1 verb past tense went, past participle gone, 3rd person singular present tense goes TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SPEAKER 1 LEAVE SOMEWHERE (I) to leave a place to go somewhere else; depart: I wanted to go, but Anna wanted to stay. | It s late; I must… …
