Amanda & Daisy: A Friend in Need?
Episode 11: Make Up or Break Up?

Daisy: I know you can work things out with Johnny. You two were made for each other!



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Work out

Meaning: If you work out problems, or problems in a relationship it means that you try to find a positive solution to them.

Grammar: The verb and particle can be separated by a noun or pronoun.

Chris and Jane have worked out their problems.
Chris and Jane have worked their problems out.
They've worked their problems out.
They've worked them out.

Example sentence: I thought the project could never succeed, but the team worked out all of the problems.
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Synonyms: smooth out, solve, sort out, get to the bottom of, resolve
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