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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

... the palace, thinking of the choice I had made, I said to myself, "Either I am mad, or I am obeying the impulse of a mysterious genius which sends me to Constantinople to work out my fate." I was only astonished that the cardinal had so readily accepted my choice. "Without any doubt," I thought, "he did not wish me to believe that he had boasted of more than he could achieve, in telling me that he had friends everywhere. But to whom can ...

— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

... men who become masters and employers succeed because they are cunning and selfish, not because they understand or are capable of doing the work out of which they make their money. Most of the employers in the building trade for instance would be incapable of doing any skilled work. Very few of them would be worth their salt as journeymen. The only work ...

— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... told me he would work enough to pay for his keep, and did not want to pay me anything for my trubble. Now, Mr. Waldo, you are mistaken. The boy ain't tuff nor strong, and I can't got more'n half as much work out of him as I ought. He don't eat much, I kno, but the fact is I need a good strong boy, and I shall have to git another, and have two to feed, if things ...

— Robert Coverdale's Struggle - Or, On The Wave Of Success • Horatio, Jr. Alger

... very interesting, but in literature as in life we have got to work out our own destinies. We have not got to accept Borrow because this or that critic tells us he is good. I have therefore no quarrel with any one present who does not share my view that Borrow was one of the greater glories of English literature. I only desire to ...

— Immortal Memories • Clement Shorter

... that the idea had come to him, he began to work out all sorts of possibilities. He thought of a hundred different things that might happen. He could see, all at once, the usefulness Bray Park might have. Why, the place was like a volcano! It might erupt at any minute, spreading ruin and destruction ...

— Facing the German Foe • Colonel James Fiske

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