"tumble to" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tumbles to [present, singular, third-person], tumbling to [participle, present], tumbled to [participle, past], tumbled to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tumble to (third-person singular simple present tumbles to, present participle tumbling to, simple past and past participle tumbled to)
  1. (informal) To discover or understand something. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor:",
          "text": "Speaking of this language, a costermonger said to me: \"The Irish can't tumble to it anyhow; the Jews can tumble better, but we're their masters. Some of the young salesmen at Billingsgate understand us, — but only at Billingsgate; […]",
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        "(informal) To discover or understand something."
      ],
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