find out en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To discover, as by asking or investigating.
Somethin' happens when everybody finds out See the vultures circling, dark clouds
2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder, “I Know Places (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023: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?"
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
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(transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out.
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(transitive) 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.
- (archaic) To discover (something), as by perceiving or coming upon it.
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(intransitive, slang) To receive the consequences of one's actions.
With the way he behaved, it's no wonder he found out.
fuck around and find out
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| finding out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| found out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| found out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| finds out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (100)
sv ta reda på (to discover) · ca esbrinar (to discover) · es anoticiarse (to discover) · fi huomata (to expose as dishonest) · pl odkryć (to uncover a weakness) · es sacarse/salir de dudas (to discover) · it scoprire (to discover) · lv uzzināt (to discover) · ro descoperi (to discover) · cmn 找出弱點 /找出弱点 (to uncover a weakness) · ru обнару́жить (to discover) · fi käräyttää (to expose as dishonest) · fr trahir (to uncover a weakness) · gd faigh a-mach (to discover) · fr griller (to expose as dishonest) · chr ᎠᏕᎶᎰᏍᎦ (to discover) · yi דערוויסן זיך (to discover) · pl dowiadywać się (to discover) · uk дізнаватися (to discover) · la resciscō (to discover) · la comperiō (to discover) · az öyrənmək (to discover) · zza fahm kerden (to discover) · grc ἐξευρίσκω (to discover) · fi paljastua (to expose as dishonest) · no finne ut (to discover) · la experior (to discover) · cmn 找出 (to discover) · cmn 揭發 /揭发 (to expose as dishonest) · fi selvittää (to discover) · fr apprendre (to discover) · cmn 發現 /发现 (to discover) · pl zdemaskować (to expose as dishonest) · ang āfindan (to discover) · kix thōhchūh (to discover) · tr anlamak (to discover) · zza ver veten (to discover) · cs zjistit (to discover) · pl dowiedzieć się (to discover) · nl onderzoeken (to discover) · hu megtud (to discover) · fr se renseigner (to discover) · eo ekscii (to discover) · hu rájön (to discover) · la inveniō (to discover) · es enterarse (to discover) · nl ontdekken (to discover) · hu kitalál (to discover) · mk дознава (to discover) · tr ortaya çıkarmak (to discover) · de erfahren (to discover) · zza idrak kerden (to discover) · lo ຊອກຮູ້ (to discover) · fr savoir (to discover) · eo sciiĝi (to discover) · uk довідатися (to discover) · es averiguar (to discover) · pl demaskować (to expose as dishonest) · uk дізнатися (to discover) · da undersøge (to discover) · sk zisťovať (to discover) · pl poinformować się (to discover) · ja 見出す (to discover) · ca descobrir (to discover) · es salir/sacarse de la duda (to discover) · da finde ud af (to discover) · grc ὁράω (to discover) · fi saada selville (to discover) · fi saada heikkous selville (to uncover a weakness) · grc πυνθάνομαι (to discover) · ru узна́ть (to discover) · got 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (to discover) · ja 調べる (to discover) · nl uitvinden (to discover) · af uitvind (to discover) · pt descobrir (to discover) · is komast að (to discover) · pl informować się (to discover) · nn erfare (to discover) · de herausfinden (to discover) · fr découvrir (to discover) · izh haissella (to discover) · pl odkrywać (to uncover a weakness) · ja 発見する (to discover) · sk zistiť (to discover) · la reperiō (to discover) · fr démasquer (to expose as dishonest) · is komast á snoðir um (to discover) · ja 分かる (to discover) · fr comprendre (to discover) · fi paljastaa (to expose as dishonest) · cmn 查明 (to discover) · cy cael allan (to discover) · izh kuulustaa (to discover) · ru узнава́ть (to discover) · uk довідуватися (to discover) · ro afla (to discover) · got 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (to discover) · lld abiné ora (to discover) · cmn 調查 /调查 (to discover)