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figure out

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figure someone or something out
to begin to comprehend someone or something; to come to understand someone or something better. I just can't figure you out. I can't figure out quiet people readily.
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figure somebody out also figure out somebody
to understand why someone behaves the way they do I've never been able to figure her out. Could anyone ever figure out my parents?
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figure out something also figure something out

to understand something by thinking about it After I figured out that I would earn only eighty cents an hour, I said forget it. She spent an hour trying to install the software, but John finally figured it out.
Related vocabulary: puzzle out something
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First you need to figure out how many "outs" you have.
You could sit at home with a calculator figure out the odds for every possible combination of draws and then memorize them.
He has distilled his experience and expertise in Weighing The Odds In Hold'em Poker showing players how to identify and attack different player personalities; the basics of "Expected Value" in poker; explains the outs, non-outs, unknown cards, and how to count outs in poker; how to figure out pot odds quickly and accurately at the table; and how different positions have different values.
 
 
 
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