puzzle through
To slowly and carefully think your way through something hard until you get to the end.
Meanings
To laboriously think through something complex or confusing, making progress step by step.
"She puzzled through the dense legal document, trying to understand what she had signed."
To manage to solve or understand a series of connected problems or steps despite difficulty.
"The students puzzled through the advanced math problems one by one until they reached the final answer."
A less common phrasal verb. Emphasizes the sustained mental effort required to navigate something complex from start to finish, rather than simply finding a single answer. More commonly found in American English than British English.
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