- dope out
- {v.}, {slang} To think of something that explains. * /The detectives tried to dope out why the man was murdered./ Syn.: FIGURE OUT.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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dope out — transitive verb 1. slang : to figure out from one s interpretation of what information is available lists of football games around the country which he had been doping out T.H.White b.1915 a. : to devise by system then some practical guy came… … Useful english dictionary
dope out — {v.}, {slang} To think of something that explains. * /The detectives tried to dope out why the man was murdered./ Syn.: FIGURE OUT … Dictionary of American idioms
dope\ out — v slang To think of something that explains. The detectives tried to dope out why the man was murdered. Syn.: figure out … Словарь американских идиом
dope out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. figure out, comprehend, grasp; see solve , understand 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. Informal. To find a solution for: clear up, decipher, explain, resolve, solve, unravel. Informal: figure out. Idiom: get to the… … English dictionary for students
dope out — vb to work out, discover information. A phrase derived from the noun dope 2, it is more common in American English where it originated before World War II … Contemporary slang
dope out — Synonyms and related words: arrange, blueprint, cast, chart, cipher, clear up, collect, conclude, decipher, deduce, deduct, derive, design, devise, dissolve, figure out, gather, judge, make, make out, plan, project, puzzle out, resolve, unravel,… … Moby Thesaurus
dope — ☆ dope [dōp ] n. [Du doop, sauce, dip, baptism < doopen, to dip < Gmc * dup , to be deep: see DIMPLE] 1. any thick liquid or pasty substance, or other material, used to lubricate or absorb something 2. a) a dressing, varnish, or filler, as… … English World dictionary
dope — /dohp/, n., v., doped, doping. n. 1. any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. 2. an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite. 3. Aeron. a. any of various… … Universalium
dope — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, KO, Mickey Finn, account, acquaintance, add, addictive drug, alcohol, algebraize, analgesic, anesthetic, anesthetize, announcement, anoint, answer, backing, bedaze, benumb, benzine, besot, bibliofilm, bipack … Moby Thesaurus
dope — [[t]doʊp[/t]] n. v. doped, dop•ing, adj. 1) any thick liquid preparation or paste, used in preparing a surface 2) a material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite 3) aer. a) any of various varnishlike products for… … From formal English to slang
