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
Word History
First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1
ironing out
verb
as in straightening (out)
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- straightening (out)
- clearing (up)
- figuring out
- working out
- reasoning
- untying
- untangling
- judging
- inferring
- deciding
- deducing
- unscrambling
- concluding
- gathering
- untieing
- riddling (out)
- assuming
- speculating
- doping (out)
- puzzling (out)
- guessing
- presuming
- solving
- divining
- conjecturing
- answering
- working
- unriddling
- resolving
- unraveling
- cracking
- decoding
- deciphering
- breaking