Synonyms of tease out

verbTo unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.

• disentangleTo free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
• puzzle outTo figure out; to discover or find a solution to.
• work outTo resolve; to find a solution for.
• feeze ScotlandTo untwist; to unravel, as the end of a thread or rope.
• unravelTo cause (something) to no longer be ravelled or tangled; to disentangle, to untangle.
• unsnarlTo remove or undo a snarl or tangle.
• untangle
• decipherTo find a solution to a problem.
• get to the bottom ofTo come to understand, discover the truth about, or solve.
• iron outTo resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
• meliorateTo make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
• reason outTo solve or determine by reasoning.
• resolveTo find a solution to (a problem).
• riddleTo solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
• sleuthTo act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
• solve
• think outTo devise or solve by a process of thought.
• unpuzzleTo solve (a puzzle); to work out.
• unriddleTo solve (a perplexing problem).
• upsolveTo solve; explain.
• absolve obsoleteTo resolve; to explain; to solve.
• ravel archaicTo entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
• unsolve obsoleteTo solve.