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puzzle through

puzzle through verb: to work methodically to solve or understand something complex.

Verb

puzzle through (third-person singular simple present puzzles through, present participle puzzling through, simple past and past participle puzzled through)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To work methodically to solve or understand something complex.

Forms of puzzle through

third-person singular presentpuzzles through
present participlepuzzling through
past participlepuzzled through
pastpuzzled through

Questions about puzzle through

What does puzzle through mean?
Puzzle through means to work methodically to solve or understand something complex.
What part of speech is puzzle through?
Puzzle through is a verb.
What is the past tense of puzzle through?
The past tense of puzzle through is puzzled through.

Words near puzzle through in the dictionary

  1. puzzle out
  2. puzzle over
  3. Puzzle Palace
  4. puzzle ring
  5. puzzle rings
  6. puzzle through
  7. puzzle-box
  8. puzzle-boxes
  9. puzzle-monkey
  10. puzzle-monkeys
  11. puzzle-peg

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