to dope out

Examples

• All

• The team worked together to dopes out the mystery behind the unusual signals.

• I try to dope out what's going on... ...from the pictures.

  Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

• You had it all doped out.

  The Desperate Hours (1955)

• Feyderspiel and I got it doped out.

  The Gauntlet (1977)

• It took some great handicapping on my part, but I finally doped out a can't miss winner, and at odds too.

  Blog text (23)

• "You know," Brian said, "he was inquiring about you." Brian stayed looking a while longer, for effect, and then turned back to the sheriff, expecting a few prying questions whereby he might be able to dope out some useful information.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I've been trying to dope out—no pun intended—the distribution system, but I think they made me.

  Fiction book (1992)

• She needed to dopes out the best strategy before the competition began.

Synonyms

F

to figure out

vsto dope out

• Informal

∞ 2.2

To think about something and find an answer or understand it

is more informal and can include quick investigative thinking

W

to work out

vsto dope out

950 2.8

To find a solution or plan by thinking carefully

is more informal and may use investigation rather than step by step logic

T

to think of

vsto dope out

866 2.1

Invent a plan or idea in your mind

is more informal and often implies solving problems rather than only inventing

W

to work it out

vsto dope out

165 3.2

To find an answer to a problem by thinking or talking

is more informal and may rely on investigation rather than formal reasoning

T

to think up

vsto dope out

48 3.2

To make up an idea, plan, or excuse

is more informal and can include investigation to find practical fixes

T

to think out

vsto dope out

• Informal

45 3.9

To plan something carefully before you do it

is more informal and used for quick problem solving rather than long planning

B

to brainstorm

vsto dope out

39 3.4

To quickly think of many ideas, often with other people

is more informal and tends to mean individual investigation rather than group idea work

R

to reason out

vsto dope out

3 4.8

To think carefully to find an answer to a problem

is more informal and focuses on practical investigation rather than pure logic

C

to cook up a plan

vsto dope out

• Informal

1 4.4

To think of a clever or secret plan to do something

is more informal and usually focuses on solving rather than clever secrecy

E

to excogitate

vsto dope out

• Formal

9.9

To think very carefully to find a new idea or solution

is more informal and often uses quicker investigative thinking rather than deep thought

Antonyms

C

to confuse

266 1.9

Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand

How Complete

to solve

∞ 1.3

to figure out

• Informal

∞ 2.2

to dope out

• Informal

8.8

to speculate

254 4.8

to guess

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology