find (sth) out
— phrasal verb with find uk/faɪnd/us/faɪnd/verb found, found
A2 to get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time:
How did you find out about the party?
The holiday was a complete surprise - I only found out about it the day before we left.
[ + question word ] I'll just go and find out what's going on outside.
[ + that ] Too late, she found out that the flight had been cancelled.
More examples
- She found out that he'd been cheating on her.
- It was when we started living together that we found we just weren't compatible.
- I must find out the train times.
- I must find out how much it will cost.
- When he found out what we'd done he was so shocked.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- have got something there idiom
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- sniff sth out
- stumble
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