English Phrase of the Day

find out

Definitions

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find out
1. v. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
I don't know who the twenty-first president of the United States was, but it should be very easy to find out.
2. v. To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out.
3. v. To uncover a weakness (in someone).
He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out.
If you don't try, you do not find it out.
Analysis
find
1. v. To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
2. v. To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
I found my car keys. They were under the couch.
3. v. To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
Water is found to be a compound substance.
out
See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on.
1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place.
Let's eat out tonight

That's what I intend to find out.

What have you been able to find out about it?

I don't want her to find out we know about the boots just yet.

I don't need to find out that he was some sort of crook, too.

Yes, and they will soon find out that the poor man died of an injection.

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