Answer and Work

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Answer verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.

Usage example: try to answer this riddle

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Work is a synonym for answer in action topic. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Answer", when it comes to topics like solve.

Work verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.

Usage example: finally figured out how to work the math problem

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Answer is a synonym for work in action topic. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

best	best answer	best work
particular	particular answer	particular work
better	better answer	better work
usual	usual answer	usual work
Other adjectives: short, original, true, honest, single, popular, actual, real, serious, bad, quick, well-known, final, next, last, different, previous.

Reportedly, he wanted to see how much he could get away with (the answer: everything.) Action Girl: Nathalie sure does show off her fancy gun work and punching abilities against those birds!

Source: Film / Birdemic 2: The Resurrection
Orthodox Christianity gives us such an answer: hard work is necessary, but it only works if it makes you humble see your sins, which you can't help but do.

Source: Hard Work Hardly Works
For when it's the creator of a work that gives an answer like this, see Shrug of God.

Source: Non-Answer

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