Usually means: Eliminate or remove at source.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. root out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. root out: Merriam-Webster
  3. root out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. root out: Vocabulary.com
  5. root out: Wiktionary
  6. root out: Dictionary.com
  7. root out: Rhymezone
  8. root out: FreeDictionary.org
  9. root out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. root out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root out: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root out: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root out: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (root out)

verb:  (transitive) To remove or abolish completely.
verb:  (transitive) To search for and discover.

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