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
Maybe Eli Lily was too tough to dope out but not Hewlett-Packard, up 26% and Halliburton up 37%.
From Forbes • Aug. 19, 2014
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
No. But he’s trying to dope out a system whereby he can tell what a man is going to do a few seconds before he does it—muscular and nervous preparation, that sort of thing.
From Unwise Child by Garrett, Randall
