put two and two together
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Surely, the viewer can put two and two together on their own to decipher a deeper meaning within the text without the message being spoon-fed to them.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025
While this might have come as a complete surprise to most parents, Clare quickly put two and two together.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2025
"I bumped into William McNamara in Blackpool looking at the big dip of a wooden coaster there. I put two and two together immediately," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
And will Belinda, who spots Greg sitting across the restaurant, put two and two together?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
Where Newcomen had put two and two together to make the steam engine, Desaguliers, in order to explain its working, has taken them apart again, reinventing Papin’s atmospheric wind-gun.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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