get to the bottom of

idiom

: to find out the true reason for or cause of (something)

Police are working furiously to get to the bottom of this recent string of violent crimes.

Examples of get to the bottom of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Will rescheduling help researchers finally get to the bottom of basic questions about cannabis? —Nicholas Florko and Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 30 May 2024

Dale Pike was determined to get to the bottom of what had happened. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024

Try approaching them in a unique way or in an unusual place to refresh things and get to the bottom of whatever’s not being said. —Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2024

Biologists from Mote, academia, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, FWC and nonprofits like the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust have been working continuously to get to the bottom of what is causing the phenomenon, which is mostly confined to the Lower Keys from Big Pine Key to Key West. —David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024

So the human characters, in conjunction with Monarch, follow Kong into Hollow Earth in order to get to the bottom of whatever is calling for help. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024

In early February, the county dispatched investigators to the clinic to try and get to the bottom of why this location seemed to be reporting an increase in such cases when other providers in the area were not. —Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024

Enter Nick Viall, former Bachelor star and host of the The Viall Files podcast, who sat down with Blackwell and Presnell to get to the bottom of what went wrong, what wasn't shown in the final edit of the show, and what happened after the cameras stopped rolling. —Sam Reed, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2024

On Wednesday's episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Dorit, 47, and PK, 56, invited a couple's counselor into their home to get to the bottom of some of their marital issues. —Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024