dope out
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verb
(tr, adverb) US slang to devise, solve, or contriveto dope out a floor plan
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dope out
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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