iron out

verb

ironed out; ironing out; irons out

transitive verb

1
: to make smooth or flat by or as if by pressing
2
: to resolve or work out a solution to
ironed out their differences

Examples of iron out in a Sentence

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Just ironing out positioning, talking and really not trying to overstep each other. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025 The couple had ironed out many of the substantial issues in January, including that neither are paying the other spousal support. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2025 Details of the tax legislation will be ironed out later this year. David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025 There were plans to draft a full contract to iron out the details, but SPDS allegedly convinced WBD not to. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for iron out

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of iron out was in 1753

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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20out. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

iron out

verb
1
: to make smooth or flat by or as if by ironing
2
: to work out a solution to
ironed out their differences

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