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. Ashima:

   Out of many other things I have to figure out, the one on the brim is why I become so dramatic and ecstatic when it rains.

2. John Guarrine:

   Life is God's joke on us. It's our mission to figure out the punchline.

3. Charlie Sheen:

   I've reached out to them and they've reached back, we're trying to figure out what makes the most sense. If they figure it out like I've presented it to them and they want to include me in some final send-off, I'm available and I'm showing up early. If not, it's on them.

4. James Magary:

   Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up.

5. Michael Marshall:

   I was just trying to figure out what the heck was going on, because if I could figure out what was going on, then I could maybe figure out a way to get around it, and then you hear the dirt and rock and the shovel hitting the top of the trailer and—we're being buried alive.