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verb
To figure out; to discover or find a solution to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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Synonyms: iron out, think out, work out, absolve, decipher, get to the bottom of, meliorate, puzzle out, ravel, reason out, resolve, riddle, sleuth, solve, tease out, unpuzzle, unravel, unriddle, unsolve, upsolve, Any from Thesaurus:untangle
Antonyms: none provided
verb
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: solve, work out, figure out, lick, work
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: understand
Narrower terms: answer, resolve, riddle, strike, guess, infer, break
History
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Across languages
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