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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tumble to en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal) To discover or understand something.
    • He finally tumbled to our secret.
    • Speaking of this language, a costermonger said to me: "The Irish can't tumble to it anyhow; the Jews can tumble better, but we're their masters. Some of the young salesmen at Billingsgate understand us, — but only at Billingsgate; […] 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor:

Forms

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tumbling to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tumbled to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tumbled to Tense=Past lexicographic
tumbles to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic