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• s  having fine teeth set close together
  a fine-toothed comb

• Now the 24 American crew are being held against their will, while Chinese technicians go over their plane with a fine-tooth comb.
• Scientists, who go after everything with a fine-tooth comb, are always taking the fun out of mythology.
• His completely ordinary education, colleagues, friends and past have all been gone over with a fine-tooth comb.

• fine-toothed

News & Articles

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• Brewer: 'Victory' on border surge
  Someone better be going through [the bill] with a fine-tooth comb...she says.
  June 24, 2013 - Politico

Quotes

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• Nicola Roxon in Sydney Morning Herald
  I will be going through every request for an increase with a fine-tooth comb to make sure the increases are as low as they can be,Ms Roxon said.
• Hector De La Torre in BusinessWeek
  Our committee looks to identify savings and efficiencies,said Assemblyman Hector De La Torre, a Democrat from South Gate who chairs the committee. "We will go through this with a fine-tooth comb to make sure this isn't a situation where...
• Gilles Bisson in Toronto Star
  They found out that in fact, Mushkegowuk Council was a good organization that knows how to run things,said legislature member Gilles Bisson, who represents Timmins-James Bay. "But then, (they're) still, with a fine-tooth comb, picking at...