puzzle out
[verb]
Synonyms: solve, break, cipher, clear up, decipher, dope out, figure out, unfold, unravel, unriddle

---

Related Idioms: find the key to, pick the lock

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

puzzle something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also puzzle)
to solve a confusing or difficult problem by thinking about it carefully:
He lay looking at the ceiling, trying to puzzle things out.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

puzzle out
puzzle out (something)
to study something in order to understand it.
The reader shouldn't have to puzzle out what the writer means..

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

puzzle out something
puzzle out (something)
to study something in order to understand it.
The reader shouldn't have to puzzle out what the writer means..

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

puzzle out
to try to figure something out
We spent a lot of time trying to puzzle out a solution to our problems.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

puzzle something out
to try to figure something out
We spent a lot of time trying to puzzle out a solution to our problems.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲