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come to find out

come to find out phrase: turns out.

Phrase

come to find out

  1. (Southern US, especially, informal) Turns out.
    • Come to find out, the company kept 2 sets of books.1945, Walter Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers, John Donar: Common Man, page 89
    • It's not listed anywhere. So, a phone call is made to Podunk – and come to find out, the airport is a grass field.1974, Alan W. Garey, “Helicopter Operations at Civil Airports”, in Approach: The Naval Aviation Safety Review, page 25

Examples of come to find out in a sentence

  • Well, come to find out, these survival suits haven't been out of their sacks for years.1997, Leslie Leyland Fields, The Entangling Net: Alaska's Commercial Fishing Women Tell Their Lives, page 119:
  • Well, come to find out they won and got married today on television, all expenses paid.2009, Bobby Rose, Bama Sweetheart, page 293:

Questions about come to find out

What does come to find out mean?
Come to find out means turns out.
How do you use come to find out in a sentence?
Well, come to find out, these survival suits haven't been out of their sacks for years.
What part of speech is come to find out?
Come to find out is a phrase.

Words near come to find out in the dictionary

  1. come to anchor
  2. come to bat
  3. come to be
  4. come to bed
  5. come to blows
  6. come to find out
  7. come to fruition
  8. come to grief
  9. come to grips
  10. come to grips with
  11. come to hand

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