put two and two together
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“I think he was watching what was going on and kind of put two and two together and said I need to go to my local PD,” Perry said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
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
Then, on Wednesday, came his "put two and two together" answer to a question about Jacob Bethell.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
Miss Baxter said "people put two and two together and got five" after word spread of her arrest when she was seven months pregnant.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025
“Navid is in most of my classes. I put two and two together after the last time we talked. He didn’t tell you?”
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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