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41get\ to\ the\ bottom\ of — v. phr. To find out the real cause of. The superintendent talked with several students to get to the bottom of the trouble. The doctor made several tests to get to the bottom of the man s headaches. Compare: get to the heart of …
42be at the bottom of — be/lie at the bottom of (something) to be the real reason for something unpleasant. I don t know for certain why she dislikes you, but I suspect jealousy is at the bottom of it …
43lie at the bottom of — be/lie at the bottom of (something) to be the real reason for something unpleasant. I don t know for certain why she dislikes you, but I suspect jealousy is at the bottom of it …
44get to the bottom of — get the facts, find the cause Did you get to the bottom of the problem? What is the cause? …
45get to the bottom of — find out the real cause The government is trying to get to the bottom of the financial problems in the company …
46get to the bottom of — verb To understand, discover the truth about, or solve. I dont know whats going on here, but Ill get to the bottom of it sooner or later …
47get to the bottom of — index find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
48probe to the bottom — index delve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
49send to the bottom — index immerse (plunge into) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
50At the bottom — Bottom Bot tom (b[o^]t t[u^]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS. botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden, Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for fudnus), Gr. pyqmh n (for fyqmh n), Skr. budhna (for bhudhna), and Ir …