work out
— phrasal verb with work uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/verb
(EXERCISE)
B1 to exercise in order to improve the strength or appearance of your body:
Huw works out in the gym two or three times a week.
More examples
- I try to work out twice a week.
- Make sure you drink plenty of water if you are working out.
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Exercising & training
- aerial yoga
- Anti-Gravity yoga
- barbell
- bench press
- benchpress
- bodybuilding
- calisthenics
- cardio
- cross-trainer
- crunch
- exercise
- firm sth up
- limber
- multigym
- Pilates
- split
- t'ai chi
- train
- warm
- weight training
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(RESULT)
[ L ] to be the result of a calculation:
These figures work out differently each time I add them.
The safe load for a truck of this size works out at nearly 20 tons.
In fact the trip worked out cheaper than we'd expected.
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- compute
- equate
- figure
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- operation
- projected
- put sth at sth
- result
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(DEVELOP)
to happen or develop in a particular way:
How is the new monitoring procedure working out?
Let's hope this new job works out well for him.
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Occurring and happening
- afoot
- assail
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come round
- come up
- event
- go ahead
- go down
- go hand in hand with sth idiom
- go together
- go with sth
- hand
- happen
- intervene
- materialize
- turn up
- underway
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