Idiom
get to the bottom of
Meaning
To come to understand, discover the truth about, or solve.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The police want to get to the bottom of this mystery.”
“The manager held a meeting to get to the bottom of why the project was failing.”
“The detective spent weeks analyzing the evidence, determined to get to the bottom of the strange events occurring in the quiet village.”
Examples
simple
“The police want to get to the bottom of this mystery.”
contextual
“The manager held a meeting to get to the bottom of why the project was failing.”
complex
“The detective spent weeks analyzing the evidence, determined to get to the bottom of the strange events occurring in the quiet village.”
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