put two and two together
Example Sentences
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Surely, the viewer can put two and two together on their own to decipher a deeper meaning within the text without the message being spoon-fed to them.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025
While this might have come as a complete surprise to most parents, Clare quickly put two and two together.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2025
And will Belinda, who spots Greg sitting across the restaurant, put two and two together?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025
On it, she heard Ms Hartley talk about symptoms she herself had suffered with but had "never put two and two together".
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024
“Navid is in most of my classes. I put two and two together after the last time we talked. He didn’t tell you?”
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.