get to the bottom of
idiom
: to find out the true reason for or cause of (something)
Police are working furiously to get to the bottom of this recent string of violent crimes.
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After one such outage, at their wedding, El Khoury and Abu-Rish took a vow to get to the bottom of the seemingly intractable problem.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Seb Stafford-Bloor wanted to get to the bottom of that contradiction.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Kathryn Barger, the chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, vowed to get to the bottom of what had gone wrong and expressed concern for Los Angeles County residents.
—Delilah Brumer, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Journalist Ian Urbina has spent over a decade trying to get to the bottom of this and other pressing questions.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Seb Stafford-Bloor wanted to get to the bottom of that contradiction.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Kathryn Barger, the chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, vowed to get to the bottom of what had gone wrong and expressed concern for Los Angeles County residents.
—Delilah Brumer, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Journalist Ian Urbina has spent over a decade trying to get to the bottom of this and other pressing questions.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Get to the bottom of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20to%20the%20bottom%20of. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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