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suss

  [suhs]
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–verb (used with object)
Chiefly British Slang. to investigate or figure out (usually fol. by out).
Origin:
1965–70; earlier, to suspect, a suspect, shortening of suspect
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suss (so) out [ˈsəs...]

  1. tv.
    to try to figure someone out. : I can't seem to suss Tom out. What a strange guy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

suss  (v.)
"to figure out, investigate and discover," 1966, earlier "to suspect" (1953, police jargon), a slang shortening of suspect (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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