put two and two together

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Verb

put two and two together (third-person singular simple present puts two and two together, present participle putting two and two together, simple past and past participle put two and two together)

1. (idiomatic) To figure something out; to deduce or discern something.

   We didn't tell our friends that we were dating, but I think they put two and two together.

Derived terms

• put two and two together and make five

Translations

figure out — see also connect the dots

• Finnish: älytä (fi), hoksata (fi)
• French: faire le rapprochement, faire le lien (fr)
• German: eins und eins zusammenzählen (de)
• Greek: τα βάζω κάτω n pl (ta vázo káto)
• Hungarian: nem most jött a hathuszassal, nem most lépett le a falvédőről, átlát a szitán (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: legge to og to sammen (no)

  Nynorsk: leggje to og to saman

• Polish: dodać dwa do dwóch (pl)
• Swedish: lägga ihop två och två

See also

• connect the dots