sussverb [ T ]
uk/sʌs/us/sʌs/UK informalto realize, understand, or discover:
[ + that ] He never sussed (out) that they'd tricked him.
She thinks she's got me sussed (out) (= she thinks she understands me), but she's wrong.
I'll visit the college and suss it out before I decide whether to apply or not.
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Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get hold of idiom
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- rediscover
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- stumble
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sussadjective
uk/sʌs/us/sʌs/Australian English informal for suspicious
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- add
- bizarre
- curious
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- kinky
- kooky
- like nothing (else) on earth idiom
- like nothing on earth idiom
- not add up idiom
- peculiarly
- random
- rum
- sicko
- singularity
- singularly
- weird
- whacky
- whimsical
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