dope out
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, Ben Franklin was, which can make his fake quotations particularly difficult to dope out.
From Time • Sep. 22, 2017
It seems like a jivey do-gooder’s praise-rap for womankind, but I couldn’t dope out the intent.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2016
It took me a minute to dope out that Velshi apparently thought I’d argued that it was my initial rebuke of him that had gotten under his skin.
From Forbes • Mar. 21, 2011
Cheong just returned from a two-week trip to China during which he tried to dope out the current state of Pyongyang's relationship with Beijing.
From Time • Aug. 27, 2010
They never did catch me using my spy-ray—it's on an awfully narrow beam, you know, and uses almost no power at all—so I've been able to dope out quite a lot of stuff.
From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
