Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - find out

1. If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so. It makes you want to watch the next episode to find out what’s going to happen... I was relieved to find out that my problems were due to a genuine disorder... Yesterday, the men’s families held a news conference in their campaign to find out the truth... As soon as we found this out, we closed the ward... = discover PHRASAL VERB: V P wh, V P that, V P n (not pron), V n P 2. If you find someone out, you discover that they have been doing something dishonest. Her face was so grave, I wondered for a moment if she’d found me out. PHRASAL VERB: V n P