| 单词 | to work out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work out to work out 1. a. transitive. To bring about or produce (a result) by labour or effort; to attain or accomplish (a plan or purpose), esp. with difficulty. Now archaic and rare. In quot. 1600: to preserve to the end. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE timberc897 letc900 rearOE doOE i-wendeOE workOE makeOE bringc1175 raisec1175 shapec1315 to owe (also have) a wold (also on wield)a1325 procurec1330 purchasec1330 causec1340 conform1377 performa1382 excite1398 induce1413 occasionate?c1450 occasionc1454 to bring about1480 gara1500 to bring to passc1513 encause1527 to work out1534 inferc1540 excitate?1549 import1550 ycause1563 frame1576 effect1581 to bring in1584 effectuatea1586 apport?1591 introduce1605 create1607 generate1607 cast1633 efficiate1639 conciliate1646 impetrate1647 state1654 accompass1668 to bring to bear1668 to bring on1671 effectivate1717 makee1719 superinduce1837 birth1913 the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect > with effort to work out1534 to toil out1593 to wrestle out1823 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Phil. ii. 12 Worke out [Gk. κατεργάζεσθε] youre awne saluacion with feare and tremblynge. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 181 We..Knew that we ventured on such dangerous seas, That if we wrought out life, twas ten to one. View more context for this quotation 1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. vi. ii. 148 Doth he not most often by his wit worke out his woe? and by his strength procure his owne ruine? 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 537 Hee loves to injoy blessings, but not to earne, and worke them out. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 225 To go about to work out true peace by..compliances with men, is an endlesse work. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 298 Made unknowingly to work out the advantage of fellow-creatures, whereof we have not the least knowledge. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iv. 118 When the malicious Fates are bent On working out an ill intent. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) ii. 33 O lift your natures up:..work out your freedom. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §7. 95 The fortunes of England were being slowly wrought out in every incident. 2011 A. Rugeruza Through Trials to Triumph i. xii. 81 It is difficult to see what God is doing when we are facing trials, but God works his purpose out even through our tears. b. transitive. To make, fashion, or form (a material thing), esp. by digging or cutting; to carve out, dig out, etc. Now rare.Usually with work in past tense or past participle in form wrought. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > form by cutting, pounding, tearing, rubbing, etc. hewc900 smitec1275 tailc1400 carve1490 tear1597 wear1597 to work out1600 draw1610 to carve outa1616 effringe1657 shear1670 pare1708 sned1789 whittle1848 to rip up1852 slice1872 chop1874 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > types of shaping process worka1325 strike1485 sink1526 print1530 cut1600 to work out1600 strain1674 scribe1679 stamp1798 slab1868 squirt1881 tablet1891 extrude1913 fabricate1926 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > make hollow [verb (transitive)] > form by hollowing out sink?a1425 to cut out1548 void?1578 cut1634 hollow1648 to work out1774 excavate1839 tunnel1856 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne x. xxix. 185 A hollow caue was in the craggie stone, Wrought out by hand [It. fatta] a number yeeres to fore. 1653 J. Rogers Ohel or Beth-Shemesh i. xiv. 187 Learne (saith Solomon) Prov. 30.26. of the Conies (poore little things) yet they with labour worke out holes and burrowes in the roots of the Rocks. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 79 When I had wrought out some Boards..I made large Shelves. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 108 The old one then, with as much assiduity as it before worked out its hole, now closes the mouth of the passage. 1826 H. Cole tr. M. Luther Select Wks. III. 260 A golden vessel wrought out with file and hammer. 1837 E. Taylor Irish Tourist 179 These passages and chambers..had been wrought out by men's hands at some very distant period. 1920 T. Mainland in J. G. F. M. Heddle & T. Mainland Orkney & Shetland 124 Wonderful caves and subterranean passages, wrought out by the action of the sea. 2012 V. Buzylo et al. in G. Pivnyak et al. Geomech. Processes during Underground Mining 30/1 Barrier pillar is in the center of it. Chambers are worked-out to the left and to the right within 2 panels. 2. intransitive. Originally: to discharge (a debt or obligation) by labour instead of a monetary payment. Now also more generally: to earn money to pay off (a debt). Cf. to work off 1b at Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. a1535 in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (transitive)] > work to pay off (debt or obligation) to work outa1535 to earn out1651 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) xxiv. sig. U.iv Anthony. There shall no man (whych denieth our sauiour once, & after attaineth remission) scape thorow that denying, one penny the better cheape, but that he shal ere he come in heauen, full suerly paye therefore. Vincent. He shal peraduenture worke it out afterward Uncle in the frutefull workes of penaunce, prayer & almose dede. 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia 28 They were delivered vp vnto their creditors by the Praetor to worke out the debt, so that after the payment thereof either by mony or worke, they did recover their libertie. 1670 A. Marvell Let. 8 Dec. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 120 Who can not pay his 5s..shall worke it out in the house of correction. 1773 Pennsylvania Gaz. 28 Apr. 3/2 Whereas I..am indebted £28:7:6,..I am desirous to engage and work it out. 1828 L. Kennedy & T. B. Grainger Tenancy of Land 297 The highway-tax is most frequently worked out. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 168 Mind you're here my lad to work it out. 1901 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery iii. 59 The charge..was ten dollars per month. I was expected to pay a part of this in cash and to work out the remainder. 1948 Billboard 20 Mar. 36 If the batoneer was suspended, he would not be able to work out his debt. 1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. People should be able to work out their debts free of harassment and hardship. 2009 M. Allen Survival Guide to Debt iii. 71 You can replace higher monthly payments with lower ones, giving you a way to work out your debt with a little less strain on your monthly budget. 3. transitive. To work (a mine, vein, seam, etc.) until it is exhausted. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] minea1398 win1447 to work out1545 broach1582 labour1897 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > work a mine, vein, or seam to work out1545 coal1708 stool1824 1545 in G. C. Bond Early Hist. Mining (1924) 8 [The parties shall cause all such coalpits as shall hereafter be] clenewrought out and gettyn [to be] caste in and stopped. 1631 E. Jorden Disc. Nat. Bathes x. 48 Aristotle also tells of a Copper Myne..which being wrought out, turned to an iron Myne. 1770 tr. J.-B. Chappe d'Auteroche Journey into Siberia 190 When one pit is worked out, another is sought for by following the metallic channels. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate I. vii. 143 The Highlands were indeed a rich mine; but they have, I think, been fairly wrought out. 1857 W. Westgarth Victoria & Gold Mines 226 The diggings, the greater part of which..had been abandoned as ground ‘worked out’, to use the digger's phrase. 1906 J. Hockaday in Victoria Hist. County Cornwall I. 520/1 As one part [of the rock] was worked out it was filled in with rubble from the new excavations. 1957 Gloss. Geol. (Amer. Geol. Inst.) Rib,..an elongated pillar left to support the hanging wall, in working out a vein. 2013 Northern Echo (Nexis) 25 Apr. 21 These closures were managed as the mines were worked out. 4. transitive. To bring or get out, esp. gradually or with difficulty. Now esp.: to get rid of, remove, or expel through effort. Cf. to work off 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > specifically a thing > by gradual process to work out?1560 to work off1678 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > by some process to work out?1560 vote1642 the mind > emotion > [verb (reflexive)] > expel an emotion to work out1906 ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. *.ijv He..worketh out of them [sc. floures]..the swete tasting..& healing honey. 1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus sig. Gv Uolcatius that subborn'd, deuis'd, and wrought To worke out Themis, from the place he sought. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy2 That..you may worke out the knots and Stondes of the mind. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 226 If the Fox be in the earth,..they take this course to worke him out. 1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 14 Tears of joy..Work out and expiate our former guilt. 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues p. x Strong Bodies will work out the Poyson they take, by degrees. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 3/2 To work out the old servants of the Crown, in order to make way for a more uniform system. 1814 J. Nicholson Farmer's Assistant 33 Stir the curd till it is gathered; put it in a strainer, and with your hands work out all the whey. 1897 C. I. Dodd Domest. Econ. xii. 61 Work the lumps out while adding the milk and boiling the sauce up each time. 1906 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 1 37 We might properly say that the ‘uncompleted emotion’..could be given an opportunity to work itself out. 1985 Black Enterprise May 106/1 Holding the bottle at a 45 degree angle, slowly work out the cork. 1996 Plow Snowboarding Mag. Dec. 78/3 We could just make out two small figures plodding along, which we presumed were Kyle and Ed, slowly working the toxins out. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 July c2/1 I could use a good neck rub,..something to work out the knot of tensions I had acquired. 5. intransitive. Of a thing: to go or come out of something or someone, esp. gradually, or from having been embedded or enclosed. Also: to work loose and come out.In quot. 1698: to lose effect gradually; to wear off. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > make way out gradually to work out1591 1591 W. Burton Certaine Questions & Answeres f. 22 It [sc. the power of God] worketh out of God himselfe, in the creatures, as when he created all things. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxx. xiii. 394 To draw forth spils of bones, and make them to worke out. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 11 Underlays..are often apt to work out, and..subject it to an unstable and loose position. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 127 The Liquor working out by his Walking, he began to grow weary. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 151 Forelock, a small wedge of iron driven through a hole near the end of iron pins to keep them from working out. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. iii. 33 Fresh splinters of the bone continually worked out. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 275/2 There are three modes of cleansing—..2d, by running the beer into casks, and then allowing the yeast to work out through the bung holes. 1921 Pop. Mech. Aug. 276/1 The end links of the cross chains..are prevented from working out. 1993 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Mar. 3 Twenty-four hours would be allowed for the drugs to work out of his system. 1998 P. Gill Electr. Power Equipm. Maintenance & Testing v. 200 Moisture in the interior of the insulation is working out through the initially dried portions. ΘΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to waste away > wear away or down > wear out forweara1240 perusec1475 outweara1542 overwear1591 to work out1609 frazzlea1825 1609 E. Topsell House-holder iii. 166 So many worke out their Seruauntes strength, & then turn them out to begge. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Ouvrer Le temps ouvre. Time workes (or weares) out euerie thing. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvii. 514 During what long thankless nights had she worked out her fingers for little Georgy. 7. a. transitive. To solve (a problem or question) by calculation or arithmetic; to calculate (an amount, etc.); (more generally) to find the solution to (a problem, difficulty, etc.) by reasoning. Also: to find out or come to (an answer, solution). Also with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > calculate or solve [verb (transitive)] rimeeOE calcule1377 numbera1382 accounta1387 casta1400 calk1401 computate1449 suppute?a1475 reckona1513 to cast up1539 yield1542 supputate1555 practise?a1560 calculate1570 compute1579 work1582 quantulate1610 resolve1613 find1714 to work out1719 solve1737 to figure out1854 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > find solution, solve [verb (transitive)] findOE assoilc1374 soil1382 contrive1393 to find outc1405 resolvea1438 absolvea1525 solute?1531 solve?1541 dissolve1549 get1559 salvec1571 to beat out1577 sort1581 explicate1582 untiea1586 loose1596 unsolve1631 cracka1640 unscruple1647 metagrobolize1653 to puzzle out1717 to work out1719 to get around ——1803 to dope out1906 lick1946 to get out1951 1719 Free-thinker No. 155. Thus the Algebraist sets out with a very few simple, but clear Principles, which enable him to work out a very intricate Question. 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 16 Aug. in Jrnl. & Lett. (1965) 169 Bob..worked out three Sums in Reduction compound. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xix. 192 Day after day, Old Sol and Captain Cuttle kept her reckoning..and worked out her course, with the chart spread before them. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 108 While she completed the exercise, or worked out the sum (for Mdlle. Moore taught her arithmetic, too). 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xviii She tried to work out the question in her own mind, whether her eagerness for classical learning was a wrong sort of ambition. 1891 Speaker 2 May 533/1 A practised novel-reader could probably work out the problem and complete the plot. 1932 Punch 23 Nov. p. xiii (advt.) He has worked out that, on the Hire Purchase system, he can pay for it, as well as paying for its fuel, with what he now pays for fuel alone. 1980 Look Now Sept. 64/3 You should sit down with your parents and work things out between you. 1989 Which? Tax-saving Guide 5/2 To work out how much extra tax is due, you need to find out the before-tax amount of the income. 1992 Sunday Times of India 19 Apr. 24/7 The monks..are hopeful of working out an acceptable solution to the vexed ethnic problem. 2013 Church Times 22 Feb. 25/1 The problems start when you try to work out what exactly collegiality means in practice. b. intransitive. To amount to or be calculated at a specified quantity or total. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to goeOE risec1175 amount1399 mountc1400 to come to ——?a1425 draw1425 reach1431 to run to ——1528 surmount1551 to come unto ——1562 arise1594 to equivalize account1647 tell1671 sum1721 reckon1783 count1819 number1842 to add up1850 to add up to1853 to work out1867 total1880 to tot up1882 1867 Special Rep. Select Comm. Metropolis Gas Bill: Minutes of Evid. 14 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 520) XII. 1 When the capital was small..it [sc. the rate] would work out to more than 9 per cent or 10 per cent. 1882 Minutes of Evid. 48/1 in Rep. Select Comm. Artizans' & Labourers' Dwellings in Parl. Papers (H.C. 235) VII. 249 I had in my eye and in my recollection then the Whitechapel and Limehouse scheme, and that [sc. the loss on the scheme] does work out at 15 per cent. 1894 Times 14 Aug. 11/4 The oil, waste, water, and general engine-room stores work out to ·0657 penny per unit metered. 1898 Tit-Bits 16 July 311/3 This [quantity of tea] when infused works out at about 4,000,000 gallons. 1919 Princeton Alumni Weekly 17 Dec. 284/2 The best showing of the evening was made in the relay race, the time of 1.45.4 working out at an average of 26.2 for each fifty yards. 1967 Pop. Sci. Apr. 186/1 You can add up to about 10 percent of the weight of cement in coloring pigment without affecting the strength of the concrete. This works out to about two pounds of pigment per bag of premix. 2009 Private Eye 18 Sept. 16/1 We had excellent seats for £320 apiece, which worked out at about 35p a minute. c. transitive. To understand or decipher the character, behaviour, or motivation of. Chiefly in negative construction. Cf. to make out 11 at make v.1 Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > reach understanding of conceive1340 grope1390 tellc1390 catchc1475 reacha1500 make1531 to make sense of1574 to make outa1625 apprehend1631 realize1742 finda1834 reify1854 recognize1879 to get (something) straight1920 to pick up1946 to work out1953 1953 Washingon Post 24 July 29/3 Britain's Ryder Cup selectors were a puzzled band of golf experts tonight. They just can't work out the form of their golfers. 1982 Jerusalem Post Mag. 26 Feb. 18/2 Nobody can really work him out yet as he has an inscrutable air which intrigues. 1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) xiii. 134 You couldn't work Maria out. She was a closed book, even to Rosa and to me. 1997 J. King Headhunters (1998) 36 He couldn't work women out sometimes. 2010 L. Lynch Grey Man 154 When I first met him I couldn't work him out and to be honest I didn't really like him. 8. transitive. To bring to a fuller or finished state; to develop, elaborate (a theory, idea, etc.); to formulate (a plan, etc.) in detail. Sometimes coloured by sense 7a. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] > by bringing out what is potential educt1568 educe1603 develop1714 to work out1821 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. v. 131 To see how Marlow, Shakespeare, and other play artificers, work out their fanciful plots. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing xxxix A picture..worked out with a skill and knowledge of light and shade. 1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. ii. i. ii. 380 [Italy] did not work out the Basilican type for herself. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. lxvii. 518 The theory [of the survival of the fittest]..was worked out with the most minute and elaborate care. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 212 An idea..which..works itself out in his brain. 1895 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. Aug. 217 This important and far-reaching truth is worked out by Mr. Mallock with much acuteness. 1922 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 27 Aug. a9/1 A committee was appointed to work out details of the pre-race event. 1959 H. Pinter Birthday Party i. 10 It was all arranged, it was all worked out. 1994 Wedding & Home June 85/2 Work out a seating plan and write out any place cards. 2011 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 22 July 31 Handwriters spend more time working out and clarifying their thoughts than keyboarders. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > study diligently or hard to make a study ofa1591 nit1596 to sit over ——1606 to mouse over1808 to work out1830 bone1832 work1840 to work up1852 mug1868 swot1901 1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 17 After a boy has worked out a book or other given portion of a classic poem. 10. Of a situation, course of events, etc. a. transitive (reflexive). To develop in a particular way; esp. to be resolved successfully; to sort itself out. Π 1835 Rep. Select Comm. Hand-loom Weavers' Petitions 100 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 341) XIII. 1 The weaver would not have the same power, if a minimum scale were fixed, of forcing an advance when there should be a demand for labour as he has now?—No, but the thing would certainly work itself out. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 141 The natural tendency of their mode of life..worked itself out as time went on. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. xiv. 281 Every division of the human race has been long enough in existence for its language-capacities to work themselves out to some manner of result. 1952 C. Fry Firstborn i. i, in M. Halverson Relig. Drama 1 (1957) 87 Ramases, let what has happened work itself out. 1992 InfoWorld 14 Sept. 42/2 Perhaps you think that it'll all just work itself out in the end, that justice will be served. 2000 S. Kinsella Secret Dreamworld Shopaholic iii. 41 ‘Are you overdrawn?’.. ‘Just a tad.’ I shrug. ‘It'll work itself out.’ b. intransitive. With adverb, or phrase or clause functioning adverbially, as complement: to have a particular outcome; to turn out well, badly, etc. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out goOE farec1230 to come to proofc1330 shape1338 afarec1380 achievea1393 falla1398 sort1477 succeed1541 lucka1547 to fall out1556 redound1586 to come off1590 light1612 takea1625 result1626 issue1665 to turn out1731 eventuate1787 to roll out1801 to come away1823 to work out1839 pan1865 1839 J. S. Dwight tr. J. W. von Goethe in tr. J. W. von Goethe & F. Schiller Select Minor Poems 181 In silence all will work out well [Ger. im Stillen gibt sich's schon]. 1887 Spectator 3 Sept. 1173 It is..impossible to tell..how the situation in Ireland will work out. 1935 R. Chandler in Black Mask Jan. 28/1 Put some light on so I can see to pop this guy, if it works out that way. 1952 Kiplinger Mag. June 13/2 The current tendency to vote for the man, not the party, has worked out badly in another respect. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men xx. 159 I was so sure of myself that I believed everything would work out for the best. 2001 Times 21 Mar. i. 32/5 The job hasn't worked out as well as I'd hoped. c. intransitive. To have a good or successful outcome. Also (of a person): to prove successful or effective in a particular role. Frequently in negative construction. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] speedc1175 fayc1300 provec1300 flourishc1400 passc1425 prosper1434 succeedc1450 to take placea1464 to come well to (our) pass1481 shift?1533 hitc1540 walka1556 fadge1573 thrive1587 work1599 to come (good) speedc1600 to go off1608 sort1613 go1699 answer1721 to get along1768 to turn up trumps1785 to come off1854 pan1865 scour1871 arrive1889 to work out1899 to ring the bell1900 to go over1907 click1916 happen1949 1899 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 16 Apr. 9/6 The city has a big paving scheme on hand, and means to put every dollar in permanent paving... Of course that plan will never work out. 1935 ‘E. Queen’ Spanish Cape Myst. xii. 269 Just a fling that didn't work out. 1947 J. Van Druten Voice of Turtle iii. ii. 156 I can't begin again..unless there is some chance of those plans working out. 1960 J. Kerouac Let. Sept. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 268 It felt like the old days when things used to work out for both of us. 1995 J. B. Rosener America’s Competitive Secret ii. 38 I hired a woman from Texas A and M and put her in charge of one of my field operations, but she didn't work out. 2009 Private Eye 18 Sept. 39/3 (advt.) Somehow using the computer to listen to music never worked out. 11. transitive. To complete the duration of (an employment contract, notice period, etc.). Π 1840 Visitor Apr. 124/2 However quick..he might be, it was hardly likely that he had learned quite all that his master could teach him... The young man seemed to be reconciled to work out the remainder of his time. 1878 Amer. Israelite 31 May 4/3 If he worked out his time, his master was commanded by the law not to let him go away empty-handed. 1894 Rep. Chief Labour Correspondent Strikes & Lock-outs 1892 (Board Trade-Labour Depart.) 54 Degradation of a stoveminder to rank of labourer, whilst working out his notice to leave the employment. 1945 Billboard 7 Apr. 15/2 Sullivan is due to leave Light in the near future but is working out his contract before joining Lombardo by singing with both in the meantime. 1983 H. Evans Good Times, Bad Times xii. 264 I waited impatiently while he worked out his notice at Now! 2004 A. Kaur in R. Elmhirst & R. Saptari Labour in Southeast Asia ii. 66 After serving his sentence, he was taken back to his employer at the latter's request to work out the rest of his contract. 12. a. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. Originally: to give (a racehorse) a practice run. Now also more generally: to subject (a person or animal) to a session of physical exercise or training. Cf. workout n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > train or exercise to work out1891 to ride work1904 1891 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 1 July 4/6 He will go out to City View today to see his race horses worked out. 1901 Horse Rev. 2 July 716/3 Trainer C. H. Judd worked him out over the Honolulu track in 2:21. 1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. viii. 8/4 Ed Ford, a scout for the Cubs, worked him out on Aug. 28 for four hours in 90-degree heat along with 15 other prospects. 2011 B. Frankel Place of Yes i. 27 She worked at the track as an exercise rider, working out the horses in the morning. 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Nexis) 27 Dec. d5 The team's trainer worked them out pretty hard. b. intransitive. Originally U.S. Originally: to engage in physical training or practice for a sport. Now chiefly: to exercise, esp. with weights or gym equipment, in order to improve fitness or bodily appearance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > for practice to work out1892 shadow-box1919 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [verb (intransitive)] exercise1655 to work out1929 1892 Boston Daily Globe 18 Apr. 2/2 By noon there was a large gathering. To see the horses work out. 1905 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 23 Feb. 9/2 The [baseball] team is working out daily at Fourth and Jackson streets. 1927 Daily Express 27 May 13/7 I saw Barber work out in the gymnasium..boxing four rounds with Young Johnny Brown. 1929 Cosmopolitan Aug. 72/2 Feet's feet take up so much room when he is on the floor that only two other dancers can work out at the same time. 1948 G. Vidal City & Pillar ii. ix. 264 Jim worked out in the YMCA. 1976 N. Maclean River runs through It 157 A bunch of rail birds at a race track watching their favorite horse work out. 1980 J. Ball Then came Violence xiv. 117 He belonged to a health club where he worked out regularly. 2007 Metro (Toronto) 18 Jan. 5/1 Residents can work out in well-equipped fitness facilities. < as lemmas |
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