get to the bottom of
idiom
: to find out the true reason for or cause of (something)
Police are working furiously to get to the bottom of this recent string of violent crimes.
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Mikayla wants to get to the bottom of the discrepancies between Miranda’s swinging report and Taylor’s.
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Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 15 May 2025
The senator said other members of Congress will be making trips to El Salvador to get to the bottom of the deportations.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
Glenmark also didn’t get to the bottom of why some medicines made at the factory weren’t dissolving properly, the FDA inspectors found.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
Administrators unilaterally rejected fraternity and sorority leaders’ good-faith requests for clarification and specifics as a means of helping the school get to the bottom of the rumors.
—Wynn Smiley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
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Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 15 May 2025
The senator said other members of Congress will be making trips to El Salvador to get to the bottom of the deportations.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
Glenmark also didn’t get to the bottom of why some medicines made at the factory weren’t dissolving properly, the FDA inspectors found.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
Administrators unilaterally rejected fraternity and sorority leaders’ good-faith requests for clarification and specifics as a means of helping the school get to the bottom of the rumors.
—Wynn Smiley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Get to the bottom of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20to%20the%20bottom%20of. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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