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tumble to

tumble to verb: to discover or understand something.

Verb

tumble to (third-person singular simple present tumbles to, present participle tumbling to, simple past and past participle tumbled to)

  1. (informal) To discover or understand something.
    • He finally tumbled to our secret.
    • Speaking of this language, a costermonger said to me: "The Irish can't tumble to it anyhow; the Jews can tumble better, but we're their masters. Some of the young salesmen at Billingsgate understand us, — but only at Billingsgate; […]1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor

Forms of tumble to

third-person singular presenttumbles to
present participletumbling to
past participletumbled to
pasttumbled to

Questions about tumble to

What does tumble to mean?
Tumble to means to discover or understand something.
What part of speech is tumble to?
Tumble to is a verb.
What is the past tense of tumble to?
The past tense of tumble to is tumbled to.

Words near tumble to in the dictionary

  1. tumble mustard
  2. tumble on
  3. tumble ringwing
  4. tumble ringwings
  5. tumble thistle
  6. tumble to
  7. tumble together
  8. tumble turn
  9. tumble turns
  10. tumble up
  11. tumble-car

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