get to the bottom of

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get to the bottom of

verb gets to the bottom of · getting to the bottom of · got to the bottom of · gotten to the bottom of

  1. idiomatic, informal, transitive To come to understand, discover the truth about, or solve. I don't know what's going on here, but I'll get to the bottom of it sooner or later.

    Similar: puzzle out, sleuth, work out, absolve, decipher, get to the bottom of, iron out, meliorate, cure, ravel, reason out, resolve

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verb understand the truth about

Españolllegar al fondo del asunto
中文追根究底 zhuīgēnjiūdǐ
Deutscheiner Sache auf den Grund gehen

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@misc{get_to_the_bottom_of_2026,
  title = {get to the bottom of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20to%20the%20bottom%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}