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work out

verb

tr to achieve or accomplish by effort
tr to solve or find out by reasoning or calculation
to work out an answer
to work out a sum
tr to devise or formulate
to work out a plan
intr to prove satisfactory or effective
did your plan work out?
intr to happen as specified
it all worked out well
intr to take part in physical exercise, as in training
tr to remove all the mineral in (a mine, body of ore, etc) that can be profitably exploited
intr; often foll by to or at to reach a total
your bill works out at a pound
informal.
tr to understand the real nature of
I shall never work you out

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