iron out
verb
ironed out; ironing out; irons out
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
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Just ironing out positioning, talking and really not trying to overstep each other.
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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
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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
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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20out. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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