dope out (something)

To solve or figure out; to calculate or infer from available information. We doped out a way of keeping the business open without having to fire anybody. I didn't read the required chapter before class, but I was able to dope out what was going on from the professor's lecture.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Walentyna	vah-len-TI-nah	Polish
TeÓDulo	te-O-dhoo-lo	Spanish
Erika	e-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Emelia	i-MEE-lee-ə, i-MEEL-yə	English
Lenart	-	Slovene
Marcella	-	Italian, German, Ancient Roman