find out (about something)

find out (about something)
ˌfind ˈout (about sth/sb) | ˌfind ˈout sth (about sth/sb) derived
to get some information about sth/sb by asking, reading, etc

She'd been seeing the boy for a while, but didn't want her parents to find out.

I haven't found anything out about him yet.

\find out (about something) what, when, etc…

Can you find out what time the meeting starts?

\find out (about something) that…

We found out later that we had been at the same school.

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  • find out — {v.} 1. To learn or discover (something you did not know before.) * /One morning the baby found out for the first time that she could walk./ * /I don t know how this car works, but I ll soon find out./ * /He watched the birds to find out where… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • find\ out — v 1. To learn or discover (something you did not know before.) One morning the baby found out for the first time that she could walk. I don t know how this car works, but I ll soon find out. He watched the birds to find out where they go. Mary… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • find something out — (or find out about something) discover a fact he hadn t time to find out what was bothering her …   Useful english dictionary

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