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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | find out |
| he/she/it | finds out |
| present participle | finding out |
| past tense | found out |
| past participle | found out |
We may never find out the truth about what happened.
The police are determined to find out who killed Louise.
Her parents found out that she had a boyfriend.
I don't want anyone else to find out about this.
This is the American English definition of find out. View British English definition of find out.
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