puzzle out
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puzzle out
Clarify or solve something, as in It took him a while to puzzle out the significance of the statement. [Late 1700s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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