To find out is to get information you did not have before. Asking, checking, or simply waiting until it becomes clear.
It is the everyday phrasal verb where discover would sound too grand, and English uses it constantly: find out the time, find out who did it, find out whether they are open. It also carries a threat of exposure, since being found out means your secret has come to light. The two parts can be split by an object, so you find something out as well as find out something.
1phrasefind outTo learn information you did not previously have.
“I need to find out who authorised the payment.”
2phrasediscoverTo discover that someone has done something wrong.
“He was terrified they would find out about the money.”
Also accepted in games: discover, learn
Practised in Everyday Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove
First appears in chapter 24 of A Man Called Ove.
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