- suss someone out
- suss someone out†Sl. to try to figure someone out. •
I can't seem to suss Tom out. What a strange guy.
•I don't have any luck sussing out people I don't know well.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
suss someone out
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suss someone out — [“sas...] tv. to try to figure someone out. □ I can’t seem to suss Tom out. What a strange guy. CD I don’t have any luck sussing out people I don’t know well … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
suss — [sʌs] v also suss sb/sth<=>out [T] BrE informal to realize or discover something, or to find out the things that you need to know about someone or something ▪ He finally sussed out the truth. suss (that) ▪ I soon sussed that she wasn t… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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