smooth sth out
— phrasal verb with smooth uk/smuːð/us/smuːð/verb
to reduce the difficulties or changes in a process or situation:
By investing small amounts regularly, you can smooth out the effects of sudden rises and falls in the stock market.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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