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get to the bottom of
Idioms and Phrases
Find the basic underlying quality or cause of something. For example, He was determined to get to the bottom of the problem . [Late 1700s] Also see at bottom .Example Sentences
“We want to get to the bottom of it,” Roberts said.
“Obviously the guys that are in there, there’s a reason, and you’ve got to do your best in a short amount of time to get to the bottom of that.”
When they're in close-ups on screen, you would never get to the bottom of them.
"This is clearly a controversial matter and our ministers will use their position at the executive table to not only get to the bottom of how the decision was made but put a marker down that public money cannot be used to further Sinn Féin's pet project," the DUP leader said.
"It's embarrassing. We're going to get to the bottom of it."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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