peel the onion

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

peel the onion (third-person singular simple present peels the onion, present participle peeling the onion, simple past and past participle peeled the onion)

  1. (figurative, idiomatic) To investigate a matter more deeply, usually step by step, each step leading to a new discovery.

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