reason out
To solve or determine by reasoningTo solve or determine by reasoning.
» I'll try to reason it out.
Я постараюсь продумать это. — sharptoothed
sharptoothed · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo solve or determine by reasoning.
to reason out a decision
to reason out the solution to a riddle
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
Examples
6 sentencesI'll try to reason it out.
ruЯ постараюсь продумать это. — sharptoothed
When in love, reason goes out the window.
Without her, there would be no reason to get out of bed.
I reasoned him out of his fears.
deIch redete ihm seine Angst aus. — al_ex_an_der
They still had hopes that the trainer had for some reason taken out the horse for early exercise.
Translations
2 languagesForms
reasons out, reasoning out, reasoned out, reasoned out| Base form | reason out · to reason out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | reasons out |
| Present participle | reasoning out |
| Past simple | reasoned out |
| Past participle | reasoned out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
23 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.