To work out

[Nonverbis]

IELTS Advantage Writing Skills by Richard Brown and Lewis Richards (ISBN 978-1-905085-62-0).

As far as I have understood, 'to work out' means to be a trainee. The problem is that I can't find this meaning in English-English dictionaries.
It astonishes me a bit.

Could you help me find this in a dictionary?

 

[emsr2d2]

You're parsing it wrong. It's not "working out". It's "... he had been living and working + out in New York". "Out" isn't necessary in order to understand the sentence.

 

[Andrew van der Spuy]

emsr2d2 is right.
But 'work out' has several different meanings, depending on the context.
You can find a list of them in the Collins Online Dictionary (collinsdictionary.com).

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, Andrew van der Spuy.

As you aren't a retired English teacher, please add 'Not a teacher' to all your replies in accordance with the forum rules.

(When you've made ten posts, you can add that information to your signature line, as many other valued members do.)

 

[Andrew van der Spuy]

Actually, I _am_ a (former) English teacher. I have a Higher Diploma in Education, and I have taught English at schools.
I have also worked as a copy-editor, and am currently a professor of linguistics.

 

[emsr2d2]

Actually, I _am_ a (former) English teacher. I have a Higher Diploma in Education, and I have taught English at schools.
I have also worked as a copy-editor, and am currently a professor of linguistics.

Perhaps changing your member type to "Retired English Teacher" would be helpful, then (as Rover_KE's profile shows). Once you can do a signature line, you can add the extra information there.