to find out about

Fred and Betty: Is this the End?

Episode 1:

Betty's Angry Betty: Fred, I found out about you and that other girl. How could you do this to me?!

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FIND OUT ABOUT

Meaning: if you find out about something, you discover a fact or information that you did not know before, often because someone was keeping it secret.

Grammar:

This phrasal verb needs an object. You can not separate the verb from its particles.

He found out about the theft - RIGHT

He found out about it - RIGHT

He found the theft out about - WRONG

He found it out about - WRONG

He found out the theft about - WRONG

He found out it about - WRONG

Example sentence:

Jonathan didn't find out about the missing money until the police wrote to him. ________________________________________________________________

Synonyms: discover, catch on to, detect, unearth ________________________________________________________________