Get it and Work out

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Get it verb - Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.

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Work out and get it are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work out" instead a verb "Get it".

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

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

This little mental work out has its own entertaining side, when you finally get it, there's a sense of revelation — the Late to the Punchline moment — and the work that the writer put into it gets more focus than how lame the actual joke was.

Source: Analysis / Stealth Pun
Officially it was to polish the game and work out balancing issues with the multiplayer (don't go there) but for most it seemed like a blatant attempt to get it released around the holiday season.

Source: Schedule Slip / Video Games
It doesn't work out that well though, as Jackal rips him open to get it back.

Source: Swallow the Key

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