come to find out

phrase

Turns out.

Meanings

phrase
  1. Southern USespeciallyinformalTurns out.

    And come to find out, he don't think.

    1989, Francis L. Gross, Searching for God, page 123
    4 more examples

    Come to find out, the company kept 2 sets of books.

    1945, Walter Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers, John Donar: Common Man, page 89

    It's not listed anywhere. So, a phone call is made to Podunk – and come to find out, the airport is a grass field.

    1974, Alan W. Garey, “Helicopter Operations at Civil Airports”, in Approach: The Naval Aviation Safety Review, page 25

    Well, come to find out, these survival suits haven't been out of their sacks for years.

    1997, Leslie Leyland Fields, The Entangling Net: Alaska's Commercial Fishing Women Tell Their Lives, page 119

    Well, come to find out they won and got married today on television, all expenses paid.

    2009, Bobby Rose, Bama Sweetheart, page 293
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