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work out

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work out
1. to develop in a satisfactory way. It was too bad that my plan didn't work out. Is your new job working out well?
2. to get physical exercise. I work out at the gym twice a week.
See also: work


work out something
to find a solution to something. The committee met today and worked out a statement that everyone liked. You can use a calculator to work out the problem, or you can work it out on paper.
See also: work

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To work out the plan on paper, or at a distance--that is one thing.
You can't get the work out of a hunderfed 'orse that you can out of a hunderfed man or woman.
However, I stood up, made a curtsy, and she took my work out of my hand, looked on it, and said it was very well; then she took up one of the hands.
 
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