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высле́живать — meaning in English

vyslezhivat

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English meaning

  • sleuth noun A detective, especially a skilled one who investigates crimes or mysteries.
  • snoop verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.
  • spot noun A small mark or patch of a different color or texture on a surface.
  • track noun A rough path or trail, often left by repeated use.
  • trail verb To follow closely behind someone or something.

Senses

высле́живать is used for these senses in English:

  • sleuth (intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
  • snoop To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
  • snoop To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
  • snoop around To snoop.
  • spot (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
  • track (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
  • track down (idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
  • trail (transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

sleuth — full definition

  1. noun A detective, especially a skilled one who investigates crimes or mysteries.
  2. verb To investigate or try to solve a mystery.

snoop — full definition

  1. verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.
  2. noun A person who snoops, or the act of snooping.

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