Strike and Work out

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Strike verb - Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.

Usage example: strike a balance

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

Nearby Words: striking, striker, strikeout, striked, striken

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

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

What is this trope is that his bosses then work out that he's got the genetic potential to turn into an atavistic super-demon, and send a strike team to obliterate his corpse.

Source: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished / Anime and Manga
Howard wants to do a psychological profile, get inside the fiend's head and work out when he'll next strike... and Bob Fossil and Vince suggest flying around in a helicopter firing flares everywhere.

Source: To Know Him, I Must Become Him
Also invoked in another episode, where the characters lock Skinner and Krabappel in a room to get them to work out the teacher's strike.

Source: Locked in a Room

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