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"being found out" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used in a variety of contexts, but typically refers to someone discovering a secret or hidden truth about someone or something. Example: After months of lying about his whereabouts, John couldn't keep up the facade any longer and feared being found out by his wife.
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The gossiper also risks being "found out" by their listeners.
For fear of being found out, they steer clear of outright lies.
He walks around with "a blank, insupportable fear of being found out".
Beneath my fear of being found out, a larger anxiety lurked.
"Part of me is afraid of being found out," he says.
Many respond to the shame of being found out as shirkers, which encourages co-operation.
It is very demanding; the lies, the secrecy, the danger of being found out," she says.
The real rapist (Thomas Mitchell) is not happy about being found out at this late date.
They go to someone else, and then they run around terrified of being found out".
Being found out as less than French in these small daily encounters is humiliating.
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She lived in fear of being found out and it was inevitable she would be found out".
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