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figure out
try to understand or solve He finally figured out how to use the new video recorder.
figure out|figure
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 couldn't figure out why her cake tasted so funny until she found salt mixed in the sugar bag. Compare: FIND OUT
1. 2. To learn how to explain; understand.
Laurence is an odd boy; I can't figure him out. Compare: MAKE OUT
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figure out
1. To appear to accept addition or something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "figure" and "out." Can you amount out these instructions? What do you anticipate we're declared to do next? A: "I aloof can't amount the new kid out." B: "I know, he's affectionate of weird."2. To actuate something. Have you guys ample out a area for the affair yet?Learn more: figure, outfigure someone or something out
to activate to appreciate addition or something; to appear to accept addition or article better. I aloof can't amount you out. I can't amount out quiet bodies readily.Learn more: figure, outfigure out
1. Discover or determine, as in Let's amount out a way to help. [Early 1900s]
2. Solve or decipher, as in Can you amount out this puzzle? [Early 1800s] Learn more: figure, outfigure out
v.
1. To ascertain or adjudge something: Let's amount out a way to help. We ample out back to authority the abutting meeting.
2. To break or analyze something: Can you amount this addle out? Late into the night, I ample out my appointment assignment.
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