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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In either case, all parties involved will have plenty of time to iron out potential issues, as teams will not even vote on a potential Celtics sale until June. Hunter Felt, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 From there, the bill has to go back to the House, which will likely reject the Senate plan before convening a conference committee to iron out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025 Tactical shortcomings remain that the club are working to iron out, which is why Digne, despite Emery essentially signing both Moreno, in his first Villa window in January 2023, and now Maatsen to replace him, is still first choice. Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Trade agreements are intended to iron out the details, Ruiz said, pointing to a Safe Harbor agreement used before it was struck down in 2015, and an agreement called the US-UK Privacy Shield which has been in place since then. Kevin Williams, CNBC, 18 Mar. 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 17 Apr. 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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