get to the bottom of

Example Sentences

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The moves reflected a perception within Lloyd’s that the earlier review had failed to get to the bottom of the matter, some of the people close to Lloyd’s said.

From The Wall Street Journal

We have had to to get to the bottom of the list to find the only player who can be considered to have truly lived up to his price tag.

From BBC

“When you get to the bottom of an escalator, if you stop there and stand and look around, everybody’s coming down behind you. So you got to keep moving.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The minister told MPs she had written to WMP to "get to the bottom" of the claims, and that the Home Office had asked His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services to carry out a wider investigation into how safety assessments were carried out.

From BBC

But the Committee didn't get to the bottom of the accuracy of his claim about systemic problems in the way the BBC works.

From BBC