find outverb

• 1

  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.
  • "Why shouldn't somethin' new and wonderful lie in such a country? And why shouldn't we be the men to find it out?"
• 2

  To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.

  • He had been fiddling the books for years, but finally he was found out.
• 3

  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.
• 4

  archaicTo discover (something), as by perceiving or coming upon it.

• 5

  slangTo receive the consequences of one's actions.

  • With the way he behaved, it's no wonder he found out.
  • fuck around and find out