reason out

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1.reason out - decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"conclude, reasoncerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"induce - reason or establish by inductiondeduce, derive, infer, deduct - reason by deduction; establish by deductionsyllogise, syllogize - reason by syllogismsfeel, find - come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"deduce, infer - conclude by reasoning; in logicgather - conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"extrapolate, generalize, infer, generalise - draw from specific cases for more general cases

reason out

reason (something) out

To come to a logical conclusion for, determination about, or solution to something. Well, let's just reason the problem out—there has to be a way to fix this without costing us a fortune. You're wasting your time trying to reason his motivations out. Dan just does things according to his own odd beliefs.See also: out, reason

reason something out

to figure something out; to plan a reasonable course of action. Now let's be calm and try to reason this out. Let us reason out our difficulties.See also: out, reason

reason out

v. To determine or conclude something by logical thinking: The detective reasoned out the killer's motive. The mechanics were able to reason out the problem from the little I told them. Rather than worrying about the decision, let's sit down and reason it out.See also: out, reason

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verb decide by reasoning

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