ADJ.
good, systematic
VERB + COMB-OUT
made, see
PREP.
up
noun
An act of combing out hair.
The identification and removal of someone or something.
The act of sorting out.
McCann and I took ten men each and made a systematic comb-out of the Gardens. Every sniper we found we shot out of hand.
I’d like to see a good comb-out up there, to catch out these sort of people.
noun — the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
McCann and I took ten men each and made a systematic comb-out of the Gardens. Every sniper we found we shot out of hand.
WiktionaryI’d like to see a good comb-out up there, to catch out these sort of people.
Wiktionary[…]we were stopped by ten police mobile[…]this was one of the periodic comb-outs of streets in which the police hoped to catch criminals unawares.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, comb-out is marked as informal, slang, idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.