FIND OUT


Meaning of FIND OUT in English

1.

If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.

It makes you want to watch the next episode to ~ what’s going to happen...

I was relieved to ~ that my problems were due to a genuine disorder...

Yesterday, the men’s families held a news conference in their campaign to ~ the truth...

As soon as we found this out, we closed the ward...

= discover

PHRASAL VERB: V P wh, V P that, V P n (not pron), V n P

2.

If you find someone out, you discover that they have been doing something dishonest.

Her face was so grave, I wondered for a moment if she’d found me out.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P

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