find out
verb- 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.
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A Fox, seeing them, said, “If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth.”
The Fox soon became jealous of the Lion carrying off the Lion’s share, and said that he would no longer find out the prey, but would capture it on his own account.
So the Scarecrow at last asked the green girl to take another message to Oz, saying if he did not let them in to see him at once they would call the Winged Monkeys to help them, and find out whether he kept his promises or not.
“With two such men as yourself and Lestrade upon the ground, there will not be much for a third party to find out,” he said.
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