Everyday English
figure things out
learn how to manage
To learn how to deal with an unfamiliar situation or solve the problems in it.
Hear it in real life
Do you know how the new system works?
Not completely, but we're figuring things out.
Starting university was confusing at first, but I eventually figured things out.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We need to figure out how the new system works it.
Say: We need to figure out how the new system works.
When “figure out” introduces an indirect question, do not add a separate object pronoun for the same thing.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
figure things out; figured things out
Your turn: say it out loud
Starting university was confusing at first, but I eventually figured things out.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
figure things out
learn how to manage
“Starting university was confusing at first, but I eventually figured things out.”
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