Close and Work out

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Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.

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Work out and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work out" instead a verb "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Work out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.

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Close and work out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead a verb "Work out".

What Dreams May Come: Christopher tends to say the phrase, "Sometimes when you win, you lose," to somebody close to him when circumstances don't work out how they should (such as when he and his wife Annie decide to part ways after their children's deaths).

Source: Ironic Echo / Live-Action Films
True Companions: Even if The Jonas Brothers didn't work out, he and his brothers are still close.

Source: Music / Joe Jonas
Even if you deduced that you had to stop the windmill from turning most people probably wouldn't work out that it needed to be set on fire as the only section of the windmill's mechanism you can even get close to, and the part you are actually meant to burn, is clearly made of metal.

Source: Guide Dang It / Dark Souls

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