work out

verb

1. 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?”

2. To make sense of.

   “I can't work these instructions out.”

3. To decide.

   “I can't work out if I like him or not.”

4. To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.

   “Near-synonyms: hash out, hammer out”

   “I think we can work out a compromise.”

5. To resolve; to find a solution for.

   “Near-synonyms: straighten out, sort out”

   “They managed to work out their differences.”

6. To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.

   “Near-synonyms: plan out, lay out”

   “to work out a plan”

7. To smooth or perfect.

   “Near-synonyms: iron out, smooth out”

   “This is a beta version; we're still working out the kinks.”

8. To conclude with the correct solution.

   “Near-synonym: add up”

   “These figures just don't work out.”

9. To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.

   “Near-synonym: pan out”

   “Are you still seeing John? – No, it didn't work out.”

10. To exercise, especially by lifting weights.

    “John won't be here for a while because he's working out.”

    “Wow, you're looking good! Do you work out?”

11. To strengthen a part of one’s body by exercise.

    “To work out your core”

    “Hot, worked-out body and a creative mind possessed by this hunky, handsome, married guy.”

12. To earn a wage working away from one's farm.

    “The two Russians made good farmhands, and in summer they worked out together.”

    “[…] with them good wages, maybe a fella can get hisself a little piece a land an’ work out for extra cash.”

13. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.

    “Using some tweezers, he worked the bee sting out of his hand.”

    “He works out of a small office shared with three others.”

14. To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.

    “The gravel pit had been worked out.”

    “A worked-out chalk pit or quarry”