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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From the start, city leaders promised to get to the bottom of who was supplying the drugs.
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Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
The goal is to get to the bottom of unexplained ultraviolet radiation around these objects.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Mercury retrograding back into Scorpio wants to get to the bottom of your contracts.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
In the teaser, Officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) return to get to the bottom of a new mysterious figure who shows up in an ominous black cape.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
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Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
The goal is to get to the bottom of unexplained ultraviolet radiation around these objects.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Mercury retrograding back into Scorpio wants to get to the bottom of your contracts.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
In the teaser, Officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) return to get to the bottom of a new mysterious figure who shows up in an ominous black cape.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 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 10 Dec. 2025.
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