figure sth/sb out
— Phrasal Verb with figure /ˈfɪgər/ verbDefinition
› to finally understand something or someone after a lot of thought: [+ question word] I never could figure out what she saw in him.
(Definition of figure sth/sb out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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