3. If you probe, you ask someone lots of questions in order to | English with Akram

3. If you probe, you ask someone lots of questions in order to discover secret or private information: If you dig or dig around, you try to discover information about someone by asking other people or examining different sources.
e.g. She intimated that she had been depressed and I didn’t like to probe any deeper.
e.g. I wanted to know where his money had come from, so I started doing a bit of digging.

4. If you pump someone for information, you attempt to get information from them, sometimes in a slightly dishonest way:
e.g. Lena was pumping me for gossip about Daniel’s new girlfriend.

5. If you delve into a subject, you examine it carefully in order to discover information:
e.g. In tonight’s programme, he delves into the murky world of political donations.

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