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put two and two together
work out an explanation from facts
To put two and two together means to understand what has happened by connecting the facts you know.
Hear it in real life
How did you know they were planning a surprise?
I put two and two together.
When I saw the wet umbrella by the door, I put two and two together.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I put two and two together the clues and guessed the plan.
Say: I put two and two together and guessed the plan.
The idiom does not take a direct object; the clues are what you connect mentally.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
put two and two together; have put two and two together
Your turn: say it out loud
When I saw the wet umbrella by the door, I put two and two together.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
put two and two together
work out an explanation from facts
“When I saw the wet umbrella by the door, I put two and two together.”
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