puzzle out

phrasal verb

puzzled out; puzzling out; puzzles out

Definition of puzzle out

: to understand or find (something, such as the answer to a difficult problem) by careful thinking She puzzled out the meaning of the strange phrase.

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“Puzzle out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puzzle%20out. Accessed 25 Jun. 2021.

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