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sussing out

sussing out is the present participle and gerund of suss out.

Meaning of suss out

Verb

suss out (third-person singular simple present susses out, present participle sussing out, simple past and past participle sussed out)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To come to understand (a person).
    • We've sussed him out—he only drinks on Fridays and only in that bar in town.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To manage to work (something) out, to discover or determine (something).
    • We've sussed out how to open the lock.

Questions about sussing out

What is sussing out the present participle and gerund of?
Sussing out is the present participle and gerund of suss out.

Words near sussing out in the dictionary

  1. Sussexmen
  2. Sussexshire
  3. sussier
  4. sussiest
  5. sussing
  6. sussing out
  7. Susskind
  8. Susskinds
  9. Sussman
  10. Sussmans
  11. susso

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