suss out

Verb

colloquial transitive

Japanese Meaning

人の本質や性格を見抜く / 問題や事象の真意を突き止める

Before hiring him, she tried to suss out his true intentions during the interview.

採用する前に、彼女は面接で彼の本当の意図を見抜こうとした。

Sense（1）

(colloquial, transitive) To come to understand (a person).

We've sussed him out—he only drinks on Fridays and only in that bar in town.

Sense（2）

(colloquial, transitive) To manage to work (something) out, to determine (something).

We've sussed out how to open the lock.

susses out

（ present singular third-person ）

sussing out

（ participle present ）

sussed out

（ participle past ）

sussed out

（ past ）