- figure out
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transitive verb
Date: 1600
1. discover, determine <try to figure out a way to do it> 2. solve, fathom <figure out a problem>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
figure out
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figure out — {v.} 1. To find an answer by thinking about (some problem or difficulty); solve. * /Tom couldn t figure out the last problem on the arithmetic test./ * /Sam couldn t figure out how to print a program until the teacher showed him how./ * /Mary… … Dictionary of American idioms
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