detective work

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

detective work (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) investigative research

   We did some detective work and found out that the water was getting in through a cracked pipe.

Synonyms

• sleuthwork

Translations

investigative work

• Danish: detektivarbejde n
• Esperanto: detektivado
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: detektivarbeid n

  Nynorsk: detektivarbeid n