单词 | to get to the bottom of |
释义 | > as lemmasto get to (also at) the bottom of d. to get to (also at) the bottom of: to investigate fully and explain; to find out the truth about. ΚΠ 1683 Tryals T. Walcot, W. Hone, Ld. Russell, J. Rous & W. Blagg for High-treason 71 To get to the bottom of that design that so his Majesty might come to no damage. 1701 Reflexions upon Mr. Toland's Bk. (ed. 2) 8 If my Reason tells me plainly that I cannot get to the Bottom of it, that the Matter is out of my Reach, it must leave it to be determin'd another way. 1773 Ld. Monboddo Orig. & Progress of Lang. (1774) I. i. iv. 42 In order to get at the bottom of this question. ?1834 C. Brontë Leaf from Unpublished Vol. (1986) v. 60 Put them to the question in the first place... I'll get to the bottom of this business or dislocate every joint in their bodies. 1887 Academy Oct. 300 We might go on showing how surface grammar and surface teaching systematically prevent the learner from getting at the bottom of things, from getting at the truth. 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xxviii. 222 ‘I'm not going to give it up,’ said Emily. ‘By hook or by crook I'm going to get to the bottom of it.’ 1965 Pittsburgh Courier 17 Apr. 2 The Commission is determined to get at the bottom of this matter. 1991 J. Galloway Scenes from Life No. 24 in Blood (1992) 95 I didn't seem to be able to get to the bottom of what he was saying. I couldn't work out a meaning. 2014 Times 10 Oct. (Arts on Friday section) 17/2 Can the hastily reassembled dream team get to the bottom of whodunnit? < as lemmas |
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