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puzzle something out to figure something out. It took me a while to puzzle it out. I can't puzzle out the meaning of this argument. puzzle out something also puzzle something out to study something in order to understand it The reader shouldn't have to puzzle out what the writer means.. Related vocabulary: figure out something How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He passes a puzzle out to everybody, and they spend all their lives tryin' to work it out They all get stuck. I've been trying all night to puzzle out what you meant by all that, yesterday--about my wanting your Aunt Polly's hand and heart here all those years. For the first time, I have seriously tried to puzzle out what Mr. |
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