Work out

//ˌwɝk ˈaʊt//

"Work out" in a Sentence (31 examples)

Can you work out 250 × 12 in your head for me?

Can you work out how to get to the university by car?

You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.

I can't work these instructions out.

I can't work out if I like him or not.

Near-synonyms: hash out, hammer out

I think we can work out a compromise.

"Ah! if man would but see that hope is from within and not from without - that he himself must work out his own salvation!"

Near-synonyms: straighten out, sort out

They managed to work out their differences.

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Trump hinted that Britain might be spared tariffs, saying: “I think that one can be worked out”.

Near-synonyms: plan out, lay out

to work out a plan

Near-synonyms: iron out, smooth out

This is a beta version; we're still working out the kinks.

Near-synonym: add up

These figures just don't work out.

Near-synonym: pan out

Are you still seeing John? – No, it didn't work out.

As everyone knows, almost all booked passenger and freight trains are diagrammed into rosters for engines and men, and in an operating Utopia everything would work out daily according to plan.

John won't be here for a while because he's working out.

Wow, you're looking good! Do you work out?

Alright, here we go! / Five, four, three, two, and one / Are you ready to work out?

To work out your core

Hot, worked-out body and a creative mind possessed by this hunky, handsome, married guy.

The two Russians made good farmhands, and in summer they worked out together.

[…] with them good wages, maybe a fella can get hisself a little piece a land an’ work out for extra cash.

Using some tweezers, he worked the bee sting out of his hand.

He works out of a small office shared with three others.

The gravel pit had been worked out.

A worked-out chalk pit or quarry

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