"reason out" meaning in English

See reason out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: reasons out [present, singular, third-person], reasoning out [participle, present], reasoned out [participle, past], reasoned out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} reason out (third-person singular simple present reasons out, present participle reasoning out, simple past and past participle reasoned out)
  1. (transitive) To solve or determine by reasoning. Tags: transitive Related terms: figure out

Inflected forms

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