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1find somebody out — ˌfind sb ˈout derived to discover that sb has done sth wrong • He had been cheating the taxman but it was years before he was found out. Main entry: ↑findderived …
2find out (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… …
3find 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… …
4find — [faɪnd] verb found PTandPP [faʊnd] [transitive] 1. if you find work or employment, you get a job or some work. If you find someone to do a job, you employ them to do that job: • Karen found a job with a major travel company after she completed… …
5find fault (with somebody) — find fault (with sb/sth) idiom to look for and discover mistakes in sb/sth; to complain about sb/sth Main entry: ↑findidiom …
6find for somebody — ˈfind for/against sb derived no passive (law) to make a decision in favour of/against sb in a court case • The jury found for the defendant. Main entry: ↑findderived …
7find against somebody — ˈfind for/against sb derived no passive (law) to make a decision in favour of/against sb in a court case • The jury found for the defendant. Main entry: ↑findderived …
8find your match (in somebody) — find/meet your ˈmatch (in sb) idiom to meet sb who is equal to, or even better than you in strength, skill or intelligence • He thought he could beat anyone at chess but he s met his match in Peter. Main entry: ↑matchidiom …
9find 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 …
10find — find1 W1S1 [faınd] v past tense and past participle found [faund] [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(get by searching)¦ 2¦(see by chance)¦ 3¦(discover state of somebody/something)¦ 4¦(do something without meaning to)¦ 5¦(learn something by study)¦ 6¦(think/feel)¦… …
