FIGURE OUT – Phrasal Verb
Meaning of the Phrasal Verb
FIGURE OUT
English teaching for English Language Learners (ELL) who are learning to speak English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as an Additional Language (EAL)
figure out someone/something
figure someone/something out
Definition:
understand someone or something
discover the cause of a problem or difficulty
Examples:
1. Our daughter got lost driving home from a new friend’s house, but she figured it out and eventually got home.
2. If you can’t figure out how to set up the tent, I have an instruction sheet.
| present – | FIGURE OUT |
| present participle – | FIGURING OUT |
| past – | FIGURED OUT |
| past participle – | FIGURED OUT |
