find out about something
1find 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… …
2find something out or find out about something — discover information or a fact. → find …
3find out — verb 1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study (Freq. 33) find the product of two numbers The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize • Syn: ↑determine, ↑find, ↑ascertain • Der …
4find out something (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… …
5find out something (about somebody) — 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… …
6sound somebody out (about something) — ˌsound sbˈout (about/on sth) | ˌsound sthˈout derived to try to find out from sb what they think about sth, often in an indirect way • I wanted to sound him out about a job. • They decided to sound out her interest in the project. Main entry:… …
7find out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so. [V P wh] It makes you want to watch the next episode to find out what s going to happen... [V P that] …
8find 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… …
9find 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… …
10find\ 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… …