work out

verb

1. tr to achieve or accomplish by effort
2. tr to solve or find out by reasoning or calculation

   to work out an answer

   to work out a sum

3. tr to devise or formulate

   to work out a plan

4. intr to prove satisfactory or effective

   did your plan work out?

5. intr to happen as specified

   it all worked out well

6. intr to take part in physical exercise, as in training
7. tr to remove all the mineral in (a mine, body of ore, etc) that can be profitably exploited
8. intr; often foll by to or at to reach a total

   your bill works out at a pound

9. informal.
   tr to understand the real nature of

   I shall never work you out

noun

1. a session of physical exercise, esp for training or practice

Example Sentences

Those senators are likely to be familiar with how defying Trump worked out for Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who is now on his way to retirement.

From Salon

The Scottish government said that it needed time to consider views and a new timetable would be worked out in the new year.

From BBC

"Far more men have tests done to try to work out what kind of prostate cancer it is, than are going to benefit from it - there's the problem," Dr McCartney says.

From BBC

While Measure G clears the way for the government overhaul, many of the details still need to be worked out.

From Los Angeles Times

"In the scope of a golfer’s career there are so many peaks and troughs and it worked out for me this year."

From BBC

Related Words

• accomplish
• achieve
• arrange
• come out
• complete
• develop
• devise
• figure out
• fix
• form
• formulate
• handle
• happen
• resolve
• win