get to the bottom of

1. Find the basic underlying quality or cause of something. For example, He was determined to get to the bottom of the problem. [Late 1700s] Also see at bottom.

Example Sentences

“We will continue to get to the bottom of who is funding these organizations and this organized anarchy against our country and our government,” Leavitt said.

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"She wants authorities to get to the bottom of it."

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As chair of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, he’s been working the angles on this story since 2023, claiming that he couldn’t get the cooperation he needed to really get to the bottom of it.

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“I hope they get to the bottom of it,” the Fox News host said.

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The pushback by supervisors is notable because they commissioned the report in January and vowed it would get to the bottom of what went wrong.

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Related Words

• delve 
• explore 
• fathom 
• penetrate 
• unravel