sus
verb/sʌs/
/sʌs/
(also suss)
[transitive, intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sus | /sʌs/ /sʌs/ |
| he / she / it susses | /ˈsʌsɪz/ /ˈsʌsɪz/ |
| past simple sussed | /sʌst/ /sʌst/ |
| past participle sussed | /sʌst/ /sʌst/ |
| -ing form sussing | /ˈsʌsɪŋ/ /ˈsʌsɪŋ/ |
- to realize something; to understand the important things about somebody/something
- sus (somebody/something) I think I've got him sussed (= now I understand him).
- He cheated on her for years, but she never sussed.
- sus somebody/something out If you want to succeed in business you have to suss out the competition.
- sus that… She quickly sussed that it was my first time at the club.
- sus what, how, etc… They have sussed what the situation is.
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