reason out
phrasal verb
reasoned out; reasoning out; reasons out
: to find an explanation or solution to (something, such as a problem, question, mystery, etc.) by thinking about the possibilities
He reasoned out the problem by himself.
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Her reputation has crashed and burned not once but twice — after her 2019 presidential-campaign debacle, then after her 2021 interview with NBC’s Lester Holt — only to respawn for reasons out of her control.
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
The desire for a Porsche or a Ferrari is both broad and deep, but to lust after a Lotus is to throw logic and reason out the occasionally malfunctioning power window.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2023
Finding people with expiring leases of similar cars is hard for a computer to reason out compared to a person who can more easily isolate that group as a prospective target.
—Mark Penn, Forbes, 17 July 2023
Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
The desire for a Porsche or a Ferrari is both broad and deep, but to lust after a Lotus is to throw logic and reason out the occasionally malfunctioning power window.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2023
Finding people with expiring leases of similar cars is hard for a computer to reason out compared to a person who can more easily isolate that group as a prospective target.
—Mark Penn, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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“Reason out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reason%20out. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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