Figure out
Figure out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
Link
Link verb - To put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole.
Figure out is an antonym for link.
Both terms in one sentence
- There are also items which despite having the same 'use' link even your character can't figure out how to use.
Source: Use Item -
It's Link's problem again, forever having to prove our sodding worth, 'cause the ancient ones never even considered that there were probably a great many terribly unworthy people who can figure out how to redirect a laser beam.
Source: Ruins for Ruins' Sake - Early in the book, Katherine mentions that her father's copilot during his expedition to America was a woman, which enables her to figure out the link between her father, Pandora Rae, and Hester Shaw much later.
Source: Literature / Mortal Engines
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