work out

There is no question that a strategy of sticking with the cap-weighted S&P 500 for very long periods has worked out well.

As for his own future as a free man, he's not yet worked out what comes next - although he says that his days of street activism are "definitely" over.

Those “decommissioning” arrangements are expected to be worked out in the next phase of negotiations, likely to begin after the hostages are released.

Then on Friday, he added: "I think there is consensus on most of it, and some of the details, like anything else, will be worked out."

When the actor initially cast to lead “Back to the Future” didn’t work out, Steven Spielberg insisted on Michael J. Fox.