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. • Understand

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1. Walter Turner:

   They are hurt, trying to find out answers, trying to figure out why did this have to happen.

2. Lujan Grisham:

   We're going to make the decisions that safeguard New Mexicans, if we had better national strategies and universal testing and software-based contract tracing, then we could really figure out when opening makes sense and we could start to do that in the country.

3. David Kochel:

   Pence needs to figure out how to defend his own actions to follow the Constitution while not hitting that trip wire.

4. Bill Clinton:

   It may be harder this year than before to figure out who's the most electable candidate.

5. Barbara Lovell:

   She could never figure out why I could talk to someone I have seen all day in school all night, we had a great life living there on the canal with friends. We never felt unsafe, ever.