dope out

verb

1. slang,  (tr, adverb) to devise, solve, or contrive

   to dope out a floor plan

Idioms and Phrases

Work or figure out, as in I've been trying to dope out this new computer program . [ Slang ; c. 1900]

Also, dope up . Use narcotics or psychotropic drugs, as in They said the fraternity initiation may involve doping up . The first term dates from the early 1900s, the variant from about 1970.

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