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Phrasal Verbs Using 'Out' - Confirming, Understanding, or Revealing

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Phrasal Verbs With 'Out'

to accept a new way of thinking or set of principles into one's life

Ex: The education system needs to be more adaptable and willing to adopt out new ways of thinking to meet the needs of future generations.
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to confirm a statement or claim by providing evidence

Ex: Can you bear out your statements with credible sources ?
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to forcefully or persistently extract information or a response from someone

Ex: It took hours of interrogation to finally drag a confession out of the suspect.
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to actively and persistently search for and uncover a piece of information or a secret

Ex: The archaeologist , with unwavering determination , successfully ferreted out ancient relics buried deep within the excavation site .
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to find the answer to a question or problem

Ex: The team brainstormed to figure out the best strategy for the upcoming competition .
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to get information about something after actively trying to do so

Ex: He 's eager to find out which restaurant serves the best pizza in town .
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(of news or information) to become public or widely known

Ex: He wanted to make sure the news got out to as many people as possible.
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to disclose secret or classified information that was meant to be kept concealed

Ex: The hacker intentionally leaked out sensitive emails from the company 's servers , causing a major data breach .
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to understand something, often with effort

Ex: I could not make out what he meant by his comment .
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to unintentionally reveal a piece of information while engaged in conversation

Ex: As they chatted , the truth about the incident slipped out, causing a moment of awkward silence .
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to expose something or someone, typically thorough investigation

Ex: The whistleblower decided to smoke the corrupt practices out by providing key evidence to the authorities.
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to attempt to learn someone's opinions and intentions through subtle or indirect questioning or conversation

Ex: Hoping to understand the client's preferences, he decided to sound the ideas out during the discussion.
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to receive something as a form of payment

Ex: We usually take out the rent in electronic transfers.
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to inform an authority about the wrongdoings or crimes of others

Ex: He decided to rat out his colleagues involved in the illegal activities .
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Phrasal Verbs Using 'Out'
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