Meaning & use
Sussing
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Investigating or figuring something out, especially by observation or inference; typically used in the phrase 'suss out.'
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She spent the first week sussing out how the office really operated.
He was sussing whether the deal was too good to be true.
A note on using this word
Sussing comes from British slang, likely a shortening of 'suspect,' and is most often paired with 'out,' as in 'sussing out the situation.'
Words with a similar meaning
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