tumble to

English

Verb

tumble to (third-person singular simple present tumbles to, present participle tumbling to, simple past and past participle tumbled to)

  1. (informal) To discover or understand something.
    He finally tumbled to our secret.
    • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor:
      Speaking of this language, a costermonger said to me: "The Irish can't tumble to it anyhow; the Jews can tumble better, but we're their masters. Some of the young salesmen at Billingsgate understand us, — but only at Billingsgate; […]
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