Sometimes a fishing expedition itself makes a big splash ... "
Carl Berstein
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fishing expedition ( trip )
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noun Informal.
1.a legal proceeding mainly for the purpose of interrogating an adversary, or of examining his or her property and documents, in order to gain useful information.
2. any inquiry carried on without any clearly defined plan or purpose in the hope of discovering useful information.
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make a splash - definition and synonyms
to do or say something that becomes very popular or is noticed by a lot of people
His new movie has made quite a splash on the east coast.
Synonyms and related words:
To be, or to become popular or fashionable: catch on, boom, come in...
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Carl Bernstein is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward; the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal.