Phrasal Verbs

delve into

This page is about the phrasal verb delve into

Meaning

to try to find information by examining something thoroughly

Synonym

investigate

For example

  • delve into Reporters will often delve into a famous person's past, hoping to find something sensational like an arrest record or a history of drug abuse.

  • delve into One of the hospital's nurses has been arrested for giving secret medical records to a lawyer who was delving into someone's medical history.

Quick Quiz

In order to write Heath's biography, the writer had to delve into the actor's

a. private life

b. private eyes

c. private parts
a) private life b) private eyes c) private parts

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Contributor: Matt Errey