figure out

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Expression

Expression figure out

1. If you figure something out, you think about it until you understand it.

   He figured out that she was speaking Italian.

   I don't have an answer yet. I'm still trying to figure it out.

Usage

• The two words figure and out are sometimes together as in example 1 and sometimes separate as in example 2.

Related words

• figure
• out