suss out
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suss out
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Clipping of suspect + out. Compare sus.
verb susses out · sussing out · sussed out
- To come to understand (a person). We've sussed him out—he only drinks on Fridays and only in that bar in town.
- To manage to work (something) out, to discover or determine (something). We've sussed out how to open the lock.
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verb to come to understand (a person)
| Español | calar, conocerle el bacalao, pispar, entrever |
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verb to work out, to determine (something)
| Français | piger, capter |
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| Deutsch | auskundschaften, herausfinden |
| Italiano | stabilire, ravvisare, intuire, capire, intravvedere, scoprire |
| Русский | разузна́ть razuznátʹ, раскуси́ть raskusítʹ |
Talk about this word "suss out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/suss%20out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. suss out. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/suss%20out "suss out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/suss%20out.
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@misc{suss_out_2026,
title = {suss out},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suss%20out},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
