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dope out

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verb

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

    to dope out a floor plan
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dope out Idioms  

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

  2. 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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