Idiom
peel the onion
Meaning
To investigate a matter more deeply, usually step by step, each step leading to a new discovery.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We need to peel the onion to understand this problem.”
“The detective began to peel the onion, uncovering layer after layer of the complex financial fraud.”
“As the investigation continued, the journalists had to peel the onion, revealing deeper layers of corruption that the company had long kept hidden from the public.”
Examples
simple
“We need to peel the onion to understand this problem.”
contextual
“The detective began to peel the onion, uncovering layer after layer of the complex financial fraud.”
complex
“As the investigation continued, the journalists had to peel the onion, revealing deeper layers of corruption that the company had long kept hidden from the public.”
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