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find out

verb finds out · finding out · found out

  1. idiomatic, transitive 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. transitive To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc. He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out.
  3. transitive To uncover a weakness in (someone). He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out.
  4. archaic To discover (something), as by perceiving or coming upon it.
  5. intransitive, slang To receive the consequences of one's actions. fuck around and find out

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