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findout (third-person singular simple presentfinds out,present participlefinding out,simple past and past participlefound out)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) Todiscover, as byasking orinvestigating.
    Synonym:get at
    I don't know who the twenty-first president of the United States was, but it should be very easy tofind out.
  2. (transitive) Todiscover orexpose (someone) asdisobedient,dishonest, etc.
    He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he wasfound out.
  3. (transitive) Touncover aweakness in (someone).
    He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam willfind himout.
    If you don't try, you do notfind itout.
  4. (archaic) Todiscover (something), as byperceiving orcoming upon it.
  5. (intransitive, slang) Toreceive theconsequences of one'sactions.
    With the way he behaved, it's no wonder hefound out.

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to discover—see alsolearn,‎discover
to expose as dishonest
to uncover a weakness

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