get at the truth

get at the truth

To discover or uncover the truth. I don't care if it takes us years to get at the truth—I will find your daughter's murderer if it's the last thing I do. I became a journalist to get at the truth of important issues affecting our community, not to write fluff pieces about people's pets! Have the cops gotten at the truth yet? Because I definitely think the explosion is the result of foul play.

See also: get, truth

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