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Ann225 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Probe

Hi,

Can 'probe someone for information' be used when you ask someone else questions in order to find something out, especially when it concerns something other people do not want you to know about?

Thank you.

  

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Yes.

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Ann225Can 'probe someone for information' be used when you ask someone else questions in order to find something out

In AmE it's 'pump someone for information'. We wouldn't use 'probe' there.

CJ

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