| VERB | cognition | get word, learn, hear, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally |
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| Meaning | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | They get word that there was a traffic accident | |
| Synonyms | learn, hear, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see | |
| Narrower | ascertain | Learn or discover with certainty |
| discover, find | make a discovery | |
| get the goods | Discover some bad or hidden / hidden information about | |
| trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep | |
| wise up | get wise to | |
| Similar to | witness, find, see | perceive or be contemporaneous with |
| Spanish | aprender, averiguar, descubrir, enterarse, enterar, oír, ver | |
| Catalan | aprendre, assabentar-se, assabentar, descobrir, veure | |
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