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Definition of fine-tooth comb noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

fine-tooth comb

noun

(also fine-toothed comb)

a comb in which the pointed parts are thin and very close together

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go over/through something with a fine-tooth/fine-toothed comb

to examine or search something very carefully The police went over the house with a fine-tooth comb.

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