Synonyms for figure out
fig·ure out

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1. solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, workverb

   find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

   "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

   Synonyms:
   influence, knead, turn, operate, act, shape, lap up, bat, cream, work out, run, function, put to work, figure, elaborate, lick, forge, clear, make, drub, form, compute, mould, sour, calculate, solve, work, exploit, go, play, work up, make for, mold, bring, clobber, thrash, reckon, act upon, do work, process, crop, exercise, resolve, ferment, cultivate, work on, cypher, lap, cipher, wreak, puzzle out

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1. • Understand

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1. Charlie Baker:

   I totally get where Governor Sununu is coming from, and we are cooperating to the fullest extent possible that we can with the Office of the Child Advocate here in Massachusetts, which is an independent entity that is reviewing this case and has the ability to access the data that’s necessary to figure out exactly what happened.

2. Michael Marshall:

   I was just trying to figure out what the heck was going on, because if I could figure out what was going on, then I could maybe figure out a way to get around it, and then you hear the dirt and rock and the shovel hitting the top of the trailer and—we're being buried alive.

3. Lucy Solomon:

   The Morse campaign has done a really good job of turning an incredibly difficult situation into a positive for their campaign, but obviously, a lot of folks on (the independent expenditure) side paused their ads right when the letter came out, to figure out what was really happening here, and so those are missed communications with voters.

4. Bob Corker:

   We're trying to figure out what would be an appropriate way to push back, you know the president can do more damage in 15 minutes at a press conference than we can undo in six months of passing resolutions.

5. Michael Dill:

   We can improve our admissions to medical school, make them more holistic, try to remove bias from that, but that’s still not going to solve the problem, we need to look at which schools produce the most medical students and figure out how we improve the representation of Black students in those schools.