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Phrasal verbBand 5.5–6.5Toofey picks
figure out
/ˈfɪɡər ˈaʊt/
phrasal verb
To understand or solve something by thinking.
- “It took me a while to figure out the answer.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))