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figure out

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
figure someone out
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?
See also: figure

figure out something
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
See also: figure
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