WORK OUT

verb Date: 1534 transitive verb 1. to bring about by labor and exertion , to solve (as a problem) by a process of reasoning or calculation, to devise, arrange, or achieve by resolving difficulties , develop , to discharge (as a debt) by labor, to exhaust (as a mine) by working, intransitive verb 1. to prove effective, practicable, or suitable , to amount to a total or calculated figure, to engage in a workout