puzzle out (something)

to study something in order to understand it.

The reader shouldn't have to puzzle out what the writer means..

• put words into someone's mouth
• put years on
• put years on someone
• put you in place
• put you in your place
• put your back into
• put your back into something
• put your best foot forward
• put your cards on the table
• put your feet up
• put your finger on
• put your finger on something
• put your foot down
• put your foot in it
• put your foot to the floor
• put your hand in pocket
• put your hand in your pocket
• put your hand on heart
• put your hand on your heart
• put your head above the parapet
• put your head down
• put your head on the block
• put your heads together
• put your heart and soul into
• put your heart and soul into doing something