Meaning & use
suss out
To figure out, investigate, or come to understand something through observation or reasoning.
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It took her a few minutes to suss out how the new coffee machine worked.
He quickly sussed out that his colleagues were planning a surprise party.
A note on using this word
Suss out is informal British English, less common in American speech, where figure out is the more typical equivalent.
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