Phrasal Verb: Find Out
to discover information
Examples
- Find out the time.
Key rules
- Find out means discover information or learn a fact
- It can take a noun or a clause: find out the time / find out what happened
- With a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: find it out
- Use past tense for a past discovery
Common mistakes
- I find out yesterday he was ill → I found out yesterday that he was ill
💡 Tip: Find out is a verb; "find out about" is used for information on a topic.