flush out (someone/something)

to force a person or animal to stop hiding.

The military stormed the building and set it on fire to flush out the militants hidden inside.

A hunting dog's job is to flush out whatever it is you're hunting.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of flush out (= to force water through something to clean it)

• Mind own business!
• mind p's and q's
• mind-reader
• Mind step.
• mind the store
• the top of the line
• the top of the tree
• the trouble with
• the trouble with someone
• the trouble with something
• the twilight zone
• the upper crust
• the villain of the piece
• the way things are
• the way things are going
• the wheel has come full circle.
• the wheel has turned full circle.
• the wheels are turning
• the whole ball of wax
• the whole bit
• the whole caboodle
• the whole enchilada
• the whole kaboodle
• the whole kit and caboodle
• the whole nine yards