work out what you can afford : CALCULATE, compute, reckon up, determine.
I'm trying to work out what she meant : UNDERSTAND, comprehend, puzzle out, sort out, make sense of, get to the bottom of, make head or tail of, unravel, decipher, decode; informal figure out; Brit. informal suss out.
they worked out a plan : DEVISE, formulate, draw up, put together, develop, construct, arrange, organize, contrive, concoct; hammer out, negotiate.
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