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1work out something — work out (something) to find a solution to something. The committee met today and worked out a statement that everyone liked. You can use a calculator to work out the problem, or you can work it out on paper …
2work out — (something) to find a solution to something. The committee met today and worked out a statement that everyone liked. You can use a calculator to work out the problem, or you can work it out on paper …
3work out — verb 1. come up with (Freq. 16) His colleagues worked out his interesting idea We worked up an ad for our client • Syn: ↑work up • Hypernyms: ↑develop, ↑make grow …
4work out — phrasal verb Word forms work out : present tense I/you/we/they work out he/she/it works out present participle working out past tense worked out past participle worked out 1) [transitive] to solve a problem by doing a calculation I was born in… …
5work out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you work out a solution to a problem or mystery, you manage to find the solution by thinking or talking about it. [V P n (not pron)] Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise... [V P wh] It took me some… …
6work out — 1) end successfully, be efficient I hope that everything will work out for her when she moves to London next week. 2) solve, find an answer to I was unable to work out the math problem on the final examination. 3) accomplish, arrange, plan… …
7work out — verb Date: 1534 transitive verb 1. a. to bring about by labor and exertion < work out your own salvation Philippians 2:12 (Authorized Version) > b. to solve (as a problem) by a process of reasoning or calculation c. to devise, arrange, or achieve …
8work out — phr verb Work out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑idea, ↑thing Work out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑agreement, ↑armistice, ↑average, ↑compromise, ↑cost, ↑deal, ↑detail, ↑ …
9To work out — Work Work (w[^u]rk), v. t. 1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor. [1913 Webster] He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given the reason why… …
10work out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To solve] Syn. come to terms, compromise, reach an agreement; see agree , resolve 2 . 2. [To satisfy a requirement] Syn. finish, do what is necessary, get something done; see achieve 1 , complete 1 , satisfy 3 . II (Roget s… …
