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Not to be a grammar nazi, but I think you mean 'flesh'. "Flushing" something out sounds toilet-related. Gross.

• leftcoaster 18y ago
  Grammar is about sentence structure; your point is about word choice, otherwise known as "diction." And "flush" is perfectly correct. Used transitively, it means "to expose or chase from a place of concealment." Example: "the hunters used dogs to flush their game from the bushes." In figurative language, "flush" is a good choice when you're talking about stripping away extraneous information. "Flesh" is used when you're proposing to add more information, as in putting flesh onto bones. I should add that I'm only addressing your claim that "flush" is inherently scatalogical, not whether the original use was valid.