find out
verbeEn français : démasquer, griller, trahir, découvrir
- 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.
- To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc. · He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out.
- To uncover a weakness in (someone). · He may cope with the multiple choice questions, but the written exam will find him out.· If you don't try, you do not find it out.
- To receive the consequences of one's actions. · fuck around and find out· With the way he behaved, it's no wonder he found out.
Dans la bibliothèque
Rann saw that the monkeys were carrying something, and dropped a few hundred yards to find out whether their load was good to eat.
The motto of all the mongoose family is “Run and find out,” and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.
“There are more things to find out about in this house,” he said to himself, “than all my family could find out in all their lives.
I shall certainly stay and find out.”
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