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Work out

verb

Come up with. Synonym: work up. "We worked up an ad for our client"

Happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well. "Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed"

Work out in detail. Synonym: elaborate.

Do physical exercise. Synonym: exercise.

Be calculated.

Make a mathematical calculation or computation. Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon.

Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of. Synonyms: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work. "Work out your problems with the boss" , "This unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out" , "Did you get it?" , "Did you get my meaning?" , "He could not work the math problem"

Give a workout to. Synonyms: exercise, work. "My personal trainer works me hard" , "Work one's muscles" , "This puzzle will exercise your mind"

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"Work out" Quotes from Famous Books

... accessible to the writer do not work out their calculations beyond eighteen thousand feet, and he confesses himself too long unused to mathematical labors of any kind for the task of extending them. He was, therefore, constrained to fall back upon the kindness of Mr. Alfred Brooks, ...

— The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) - A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest - Peak in North America • Hudson Stuck

... the whole time during which I ought to have been listening to the sermon, in recapitulating the heads of my arguments in favour of this very scheme; I would show Uncle Keith how clearly and logically I could work out the subject. ...

— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 • Various

... up. "Meanwhile, the rest of us will work out our little exhibition to impress Mr. Morey and Dad. Come on, lads, let's ...

— Islands of Space • John W Campbell

... grafting you must work out yourself with the help of the instructions obtainable from several authorities, or, by far the surer way, study the art with a master. The essentials are good stocks and good scions, ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association

... owe their name and origin. At a time when soldiers fought, and marched, and lived in tight scarlet tunics, high stocks, trousers tightly strapped over Wellington boots, and shakos which would now be looked on as certain death, Sir Henry evolved the startling heresy that to get the best work out of troops, and to enable them to undertake great exertions, it was necessary that the soldier should be loosely, comfortably, and suitably clad, that something more substantial than a pill-box with a pocket-handkerchief wrapped round it was required as a protection ...

— The Story of the Guides • G. J. Younghusband

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