"get to the bottom of" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get to the bottom of.ogg Forms: gets to the bottom of [present, singular, third-person], getting to the bottom of [participle, present], got to the bottom of [past], got to the bottom of [UK, participle, past], gotten to the bottom of [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> to the bottom of}} 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. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (understand the truth about): 追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ottaa selvää (Finnish), selvittää (Finnish), einer Sache auf den Grund gehen (German), végére jár (Hungarian), utánajár (Hungarian), kiderít (Hungarian), komast til botns í (Icelandic), grafa fyrir ræturnar á (Icelandic), grafast fyrir um (Icelandic), kryfja til mergjar (Icelandic), þegar öll kurl eru komin til grafar (english: when one has gotten to the bottom of the matter) (Icelandic)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "understand the truth about",
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          "sense": "understand the truth about",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "understand the truth about",
          "word": "komast til botns í"
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          "sense": "understand the truth about",
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      "word": "追根究底"
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      "sense": "understand the truth about",
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      "sense": "understand the truth about",
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      "sense": "understand the truth about",
      "word": "einer Sache auf den Grund gehen"
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      "sense": "understand the truth about",
      "word": "végére jár"
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      "sense": "understand the truth about",
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      "sense": "understand the truth about",
      "word": "kiderít"
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      "sense": "understand the truth about",
      "word": "komast til botns í"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "understand the truth about",
      "word": "grafa fyrir ræturnar á"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "understand the truth about",
      "word": "kryfja til mergjar"
    },
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      "english": "when one has gotten to the bottom of the matter",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "understand the truth about",
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