suss out
suss out · susses out · sussed out · sussing out
To come to understandTo come to understand (a person).
» I just can't suss it out.
Ich komme einfach nicht dahinter.
Ich kapier's einfach nicht.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial, transitive)To come to understand (a person).
We've sussed him out—he only drinks on Fridays and only in that bar in town.
(colloquial, transitive)To manage to work (something) out, to discover or determine (something).
We've sussed out how to open the lock.
auskundschaften, herausfinden
разузна́тьrazuznátʹ, раскуси́тьraskusítʹ
More definitions
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Examples
2 sentencesI just can't suss it out.
deIch komme einfach nicht dahinter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm trying to suss her out.
deIch versuche, aus ihr schlau zu werden. — freddy1
Translations
5 languagesРусский
to work out, to determine (something):
Deutsch
to work out, to determine (something):
Origin
Clipping of suspect + out. Compare sus.Clipping of suspect + out. Compare sus.
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Forms
susses out, sussing out, sussed out, sussed out| Base form | suss out · to suss out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | susses out |
| Present participle | sussing out |
| Past simple | sussed out |
| Past participle | sussed out |
irregular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition:checkcheck up onlook intocheck outcheck overgo overcheck into
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb