- get to the bottom of
- get the facts, find the cause
Did you get to the bottom of the problem? What is the cause?
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get to the bottom of
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get 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 … Dictionary of American idioms
get 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 … Dictionary of American idioms
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl — Infobox short story name = The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl author = Ray Bradbury country = United States language = English series = genre = crime short story published in = Detective Book Magazine publication type = magazine publisher =… … Wikipedia
to the bottom — See: GET TO THE BOTTOM OF … Dictionary of American idioms
to the bottom — See: GET TO THE BOTTOM OF … Dictionary of American idioms
Room at the Bottom — TV episode= Infobox Dad s Army episode number episode name=018 Room at the Bottom script=Jimmy Perry and David Croft director=David Croft producer=David Croft recorded=Sunday 29/6/69 original transmission=Thursday 16/10/69 8.00pm series=Three… … Wikipedia
scrape the bottom of the barrel — {v. phr.}, {informal} To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. * /At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with … Dictionary of American idioms
scrape the bottom of the barrel — {v. phr.}, {informal} To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. * /At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with … Dictionary of American idioms
The Unexplained — is a 1996 ndash;2000 Biography Channel documentary television series about mysteries, psychic phenomena, and things that are considered to be unexplained. Some episodes of the series are narrated by Bill Kurtis. Other episodes are narrated by… … Wikipedia
Bottom — Bot tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bottomed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bottoming}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; followed by on or upon. [1913 Webster] Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle. Atterbury.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bottom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English botme, from Old English botm; akin to Old High German bodam bottom, Latin fundus, Greek pythmēn Date: before 12th century 1. a. the underside of something b. a surface (as the seat of a chair) designed to support … New Collegiate Dictionary
