find out

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
   • "Why shouldn't somethin' new and wonderful lie in such a country? And why shouldn't we be the men to find it out?"
   • Somethin' happens when everybody finds out See the vultures circling, dark clouds
2. 2

   To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.

   • He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out.
3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      To discover (something), as by perceiving or coming upon it.

   2. 5

      To receive the consequences of one's actions.

      • With the way he behaved, it's no wonder he found out.

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