Every Saturday I’ll give you a couple of idioms to learn. An idiom is a saying or phrase whose meaning cannot be taken from the literal meanings of the words.
work out: devise, develop.
Example:
The engineers went to the client’s facility to work out a solution for the client’s unique circumstances.
cut corners: save money, trim waste.
Example:
The custodian tried to cut corners by ordering cleaning supplies from a cheaper distributer, but I don’t think the new supplies clean as well as the old ones.