"dope out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dopes out [present, singular, third-person], doping out [participle, present], doped out [participle, past], doped out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dope out (third-person singular simple present dopes out, present participle doping out, simple past and past participle doped out)
  1. (transitive, colloquial, dated) To figure out, to find out, find, decipher Tags: colloquial, dated, transitive Translations (to figure out, to find out): разга́дывать (razgádyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dope_out-en-verb-iExRS44q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

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