find out

find out
transitive verb
1) (discover, devise) herausfinden; bekommen [Informationen]

manage to find out how ... — herausbekommen, wie ...

find out about — (get information on) sich informieren über (+ Akk.); (learn of) erfahren von

2) (detect in offence, act of deceit, etc.) erwischen, ertappen [Dieb usw.]
* * *
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) herausfinden
2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) herausbekommen
* * *
◆ find out
I. vt
1. (detect)
▪ to \find out out ⇆ sb jdn erwischen [o ertappen]
to \find out out a thief einem Dieb auf die Schliche kommen
2. (discover)
▪ to \find out out ⇆ sth etw herausfinden [o herausbekommen]
▪ to \find out out when/where/who ... herausfinden [o herausbekommen], wann/wo/wer ...
▪ to \find out out that ... herausfinden [o herausbekommen], dass ...
II. vi dahinter kommen
▪ to \find out out about sb/sth (get information) sich akk über jdn/etw informieren [o erkundigen]; (learn) über jdn/etw etwas erfahren
* * *
1. vt sep
1) answer, sb's secret herausfinden
2) (= discover the misdeeds etc of) person erwischen; (= come to know about) auf die Schliche kommen (+dat) (inf)

his wife has found him out — seine Frau ist dahintergekommen

don't get found out — lass dich nicht erwischen

you've been found out — du bist entdeckt or ertappt

your sins will find you out (liter) — die Sonne bringt es an den Tag (prov)

2. vi
1) es herausfinden; (= discover misdeeds, dishonesty etc also) dahinterkommen

where is it? – find out for yourself! — wo ist es? – sieh doch selbst nach!

2)

to help children find out about other countries — Kindern dabei helfen, etwas über andere Länder herauszufinden

* * *
transitive verb
1) (discover, devise) herausfinden; bekommen [Informationen]

manage to find out how ... — herausbekommen, wie ...

find out about — (get information on) sich informieren über (+ Akk.); (learn of) erfahren von

2) (detect in offence, act of deceit, etc.) erwischen, ertappen [Dieb usw.]
* * *
v.
ausfindig machen ausdr.
eruieren v.
herausfinden v.

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