as in to straighten (out)
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Recent Examples of iron out
The couple had ironed out many of the substantial issues in January, including that neither are paying the other spousal support.
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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
There have been fewer comebacks than last season, and while the defensive transition issues that plagued them in 2022-23 still haven’t been completely ironed out, their counter-pressure is much more cohesive.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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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
There have been fewer comebacks than last season, and while the defensive transition issues that plagued them in 2022-23 still haven’t been completely ironed out, their counter-pressure is much more cohesive.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iron%20out. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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