english
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Phrase(s): puzzle something out to figure something out. • It took me a while to puzzle it out. • I can’t puzzle out the meaning of this argument.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Clarify or solve something, as in It took him a while to puzzle out the significance of the statement. [Late 1700s]
American Heritage Idioms