Phrasal verbs: problems and solutions

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• figure out
  to understand or solve something
• find out
  to discover information
• deal with
  to handle a problem
• work out
  for a problem or plan to be solved successfully
• get over
  to recover from a difficult situation
• get through
  to succeed in dealing with something difficult
• put up with
  to tolerate a problem or situation
• come up with
  to think of a solution
• run out of
  to have no more of something needed
• get out of
  to avoid or escape a difficult situation
• get rid of
  to eliminate something unwanted
• go through with
  to actually carry out a difficult plan
• face up to
  to accept and deal with a difficult truth
• make up for
  to balance out a problem with something good
• catch up with
  to reach the same level after falling behind
• track down
  to find something after a difficult search
• watch out for
  to be careful about a possible problem
• look into
  to examine a problem carefully
• iron out
  to solve the small problems in a plan
• bounce back
  to recover quickly from a problem
• pull through
  to survive or recover from a difficult situation
• get by
  to manage despite a difficult situation
• sort out
  to solve a problem or organize something
• clear up
  to solve a misunderstanding or problem
• patch up
  to fix a disagreement or relationship
• smooth over
  to make a disagreement seem less serious
• straighten out
  to solve a confusing or messy problem
• work through
  to deal with a problem step by step
• get past
  to move beyond a problem or difficulty
• come up against
  to encounter a difficulty or obstacle
• run up against
  to encounter an unexpected difficulty
• crop up
  for a problem to appear unexpectedly
• come about
  to happen or come into existence
• boil down to
  to be the basic cause or reason for something
• come across
  to find something by chance
• put right
  to fix a mistake or problem
• sort through
  to look through things carefully to organize or solve something
• weed out
  to remove unwanted or problematic elements
• root out
  to completely eliminate a problem
• stamp out
  to completely stop something bad from continuing
• wipe out
  to completely destroy or remove something
• clean up
  to fix a messy or problematic situation
• talk through
  to discuss a problem in detail to solve it
• think through
  to consider a problem carefully before deciding
• puzzle out
  to solve something confusing by thinking carefully
• work around
  to find a way to deal with an obstacle without removing it
• head off
  to prevent a problem before it happens
• muddle through
  to manage to succeed despite confusion or lack of a clear plan
• turn around
  to change a bad situation into a good one
• fight back
  to resist or defend yourself against a problem
• bear with
  to be patient while someone deals with a problem
• hold out
  to continue resisting a difficult situation
• get around
  to find a way to avoid a rule or restriction
• hold off
  to delay doing something
• back down
  to stop insisting on your position in a conflict
• blow over
  for a problem or controversy to gradually be forgotten
• die down
  for something, like controversy or noise, to gradually become less intense