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[find out]  {v.}

1. To learn or discover (something you did not know before.)

One morning the baby found out for the first time that she could walk.

I don't know how this car works, but I'll soon find out.

* /He watched the birds to find out  […]

[find out the hard way]

See: [HARD WAY].

[fine feathers do not make fine birds]  {literary}

A person who wears fine clothes may not be as good as he looks. — A proverb.

Mary is pretty and she wears pretty clothes, but she is very mean. Fine feathers do not make fine birds.

Compare:  […]

[fine kettle of fish]

See: [KETTLE OF FISH].

[fine-tooth comb]  {n. phr.}

Great care; careful attention so as not to miss anything.

The police searched the scene of the crime with a fine-tooth comb for clues.

* /My room is so clean you couldn't find dirt if you went over it with a fine-tooth  […]

[finger]

See:

[BURN ONE'S FINGERS],

[CROSS ONE'S FINGERS] or [KEEP ONE'S FINGERS CROSSED],

[LAY A FINGER ON],

[LIFT A FINGER],

[PUT ONE'S FINGER ON] also [LAY ONE'S FINGER ON],

[SLIP THROUGH ONE'S FINGERS],

[SNAP ONE'S FINGERS AT],

[STICKY  […]

[finger in the pie] also [finger in every pie]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

Something to do with what happens; part interest or responsibility.

When the girls got up a Christmas party, I felt sure Alice had a finger in the pie.

* /The Jones Company was  […]

[fingertip]

See: [AT ONE'S FINGERTIPS].

[finish up]

See: [END UP] (4).

[fire]

See:

[BALL OF FIRE],

[BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA] or [BETWEEN TWO FIRES],

[BUILD A FIRE UNDER],

[BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE],

[CATCH FIRE],

[DRAW FIRE],

[FAT'S IN THE FIRE],

[FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE],

[HANG FIRE],

[HEAP COALS  […]