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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The good news is, there’s plenty that a gynecologist or urologist can do to get to the bottom of it.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 June 2024
Investigators have been trying to get to the bottom of the circuit breaker failures.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
In the past three years, my colleagues and I have been trying to get to the bottom of this question.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Enter people posing as government investigators ready to help get to the bottom of the fraud, whose services come with their own costs — often far less than what the victim has lost.
—Steve Fisher, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 June 2024
Investigators have been trying to get to the bottom of the circuit breaker failures.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
In the past three years, my colleagues and I have been trying to get to the bottom of this question.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Enter people posing as government investigators ready to help get to the bottom of the fraud, whose services come with their own costs — often far less than what the victim has lost.
—Steve Fisher, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024
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