find(something)out
phrasal verbwithfindverbuk/faɪnd/us/faɪnd/found|found
A2
to getinformationabout something because youwanttoknowmore about it, or tolearnafactorpieceofinformationfor the firsttime:
How did youfindoutabouttheparty?
Theholidaywas acompletesurprise- I onlyfoundoutaboutit thedaybefore weleft.
[+ question word]I'll just go andfindoutwhat's going onoutside.
[+ that]Too late, shefoundoutthattheflighthad beencancelled.
- Shefoundout that he'd beencheatingon her.
- It was when westartedlivingtogether that wefoundwe just weren'tcompatible.
- I mustfindout thetraintimes.
- I mustfindout how much it willcost.
- When hefoundout what we'd done he was soshocked.
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- geocache
- pinpoint
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rumble
- sniff
- uncover