get to the bottom of

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

get to the bottom of (third-person singular simple present gets to the bottom of, present participle getting to the bottom of, simple past got to the bottom of, past participle (UK) got to the bottom of or (US) gotten to the bottom of)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) 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.

Translations

understand the truth about

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 追根究底 (zh) (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ)

• Finnish: ottaa selvää (fi), selvittää (fi)
• German: einer Sache auf den Grund gehen (de)
• Hungarian: végére jár, utánajár (hu), kiderít (hu)
• Icelandic: komast til botns í, grafa fyrir ræturnar á, grafast fyrir um, kryfja til mergjar, (when one has gotten to the bottom of the matter) þegar öll kurl eru komin til grafar