Work-out - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈwɜːkaʊt|
Brit.  |ˈwɜːkaʊt|

verb

- (with object after out) To calculate.
Can you work out 250 × 12 in your head for me?
Can you work out how to get to the university by car?
-  To make sense of.
I can't work these instructions out.
-  To smooth.
This is a beta version; we're still working out the kinks.
- (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.
These figures just don't work out.
- (intransitive) To succeed.
Are you still seeing John? - No, it didn't work out.
- (intransitive) To habitually exercise rigorously, especially by lifting weights, in order to increase strength or muscle mass or maintain fitness.
Wow, you're looking good! Do you work out?
- (intransitive) Used other than as an idiom: see work,"Ž out.
Using some tweezers, he worked the bee sting out of his hand.
He works out of a small office shared with with three others.
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