Synonyms for figure out
fig·ure out

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1. solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, workverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   influence, knead, turn, operate, act, shape, lap up, bat, cream, work out, run, function, put to work, figure, elaborate, lick, forge, clear, make, drub, form, compute, mould, sour, calculate, solve, work, exploit, go, play, work up, make for, mold, bring, clobber, thrash, reckon, act upon, do work, process, crop, exercise, resolve, ferment, cultivate, work on, cypher, lap, cipher, wreak, puzzle out

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1. Seth Curry:

   Now that everybody’s back, we got to figure out how to get back to playing dominant basketball.

2. Pat Houston:

   I decided she was going to rehab because that’s where we had called to set up for her to go, she didn’t make it. She found out that I was coming for her, not to do an intervention, because I didn’t want to go through that with her. I just wanted her to come back and talk to me so we could figure out how this was going to take place because she needed to go.

3. Julianna Hough:

   When I came in March, I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ My eyes were just opened up to what New York really is, which is so many different communities where you feel immediately like you know where you stand, i love LA, it’s amazing. I have my group of friends, but it takes me a long time to figure out like, ‘Who are my people? Who do I trust?’ Whereas here, you’re either like, I know you like me, or I know you don’t.

4. Yossi Cadan:

   Now that the Pope has made his views clear, it is up to the different forces within the Vatican and within the Catholic Church – the conservatives versus the progressives – to figure out the change.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   We can't wait to help Ellen with her exorbitant prices. We can't wait to help the minimum wage workers I meet who are working one, two jobs and still can't figure out how they are going to gather enough money to make any progress. We can't wait to deal with the student debt that so many young Iowans tell me they are struggling under. it really reminds me what happens here in Iowa eight years ago.