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Textual thesaurus for "work out"

(verb) exercise

do physical exercise

She works out in the gym every day


(verb) exercise, work

give a workout to

Some parents exercise their infants; My personal trainer works me hard; work one's muscles; this puzzle will exercise your mind


(verb) work up

come up with

His colleagues worked out his interesting idea; We worked up an ad for our client


(verb) elaborate

work out in detail

elaborate a plan


(verb) puzzle out, figure out, lick, work, solve

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

did you solve the problem?; 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


(verb) compute, cipher, calculate, cypher, reckon, figure

make a mathematical calculation or computation