Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal)To come to understand, discover the truth about, or solve.

    I don't know what's going on here, but I'll get to the bottom of it sooner or later.

    einer Sache auf den Grund gehen

Examples

5576 sentences

  1. They got out of the car.

    Вони вийшли з машини. — hectorvk

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  2. Get this stuff out of here.

    Забери ці речі звідси. — deniko

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  3. Let's get out of this place.

    Ходімо звідси. — deniko

    ruСматываемся отсюда! — marafon

    deLass uns von hier verschwinden. — mayabe

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  4. I've got plans of my own.

    У мене є власні плани. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть свои планы. — sharptoothed

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  5. I just got out of jail.

    Я щойно вийшов із в'язниці. — deniko

    ruЯ только что вышел из тюрьмы. — odexed

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
understand the truth about:

Forms

gets to the bottom of, getting to the bottom of, got to the bottom of, got to the bottom of
Base formget to the bottom of · to get to the bottom of
3rd person singulargets to the bottom of
Present participlegetting to the bottom of
Past simplegot to the bottom of
Past participlegot to the bottom of / gotten to the bottom of

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget to the bottom of
he, she, itgets to the bottom of

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot to the bottom of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got to the bottom of
he, she, ithas got to the bottom of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get to the bottom of

Synonyms

21 synonyms
resolveB1riddleB1solveA1unravelC2puzzle outsleuthwork outabsolvedecipheriron outmeliorateravelreason outtease out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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