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. Reed Hastings:

   So China, again, we still have some things to figure out, so I suppose it's possible.

2. Monica Lewinsky:

   It would be impossible for me to be the only girl at a get-together with three guys, have her leave, and then not figure out how shes getting home.

3. Peter Kraska:

   This( practice) has devolved into a mess once, it will again. Just stop. Just quit doing it, put legislation in place that brings back the original intent of the Fourth Amendment -- you've got to get a warrant, have to knock and announce, have to give proper notice, have to give time to answer the door, and if you need to engage in a risky arrest situation or volatile, dangerous arrest situation, figure out a different way to do it than to bust down a private resident's door and manufacture a really dangerous situation.

4. Semaj Carter:

   It took a load off, a pressure off, once I began to figure out that my life does not solely depend on whether I’m successful on the court, my life started to change.

5. Nicklaus Cantlay:

   I was looking for a little redemption this week, and that has to do with me feeling really comfortable on the golf course and liking it a lot. Not to mention Ive been playing really well, so it feels like a win has been coming. You always have to put yourself in contention. And you start winning a couple, and you figure out how to do it, and hopefully it keeps happening.