go over with a fine-tooth comb

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• Make sure your contractor is taking precise measurements, as the insurance company will go through the quote with a fine-tooth comb to find any discrepancies.

• We’ve gone over our code with a fine-tooth comb, overhauling the most important parts and ditching outdated bits.

• Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.

• As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.

• As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

• Hey, whatever keeps those lecherous freaks from sexually assaulting humans is fine by us.

• There are instances in which private rehoming works out fine and is the best solution for the struggling family and the children.

• A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

• A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.

• Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.

• His strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.

• When the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.