iron out difficulties
1iron out — PHRASAL VERB If you iron out difficulties, you resolve them and bring them to an end. [V P n (not pron)] It was in the beginning, when we were still ironing out problems, a company spokesman said... [V P n (not pron)] The various groups had now… …
2iron out — is a common phrasal verb, American in origin and used informally to mean ‘to remove (difficulties etc.)’. As the physical image is still fairly near the surface, it is prudent to avoid contexts that might sound incongruous. Gowers (1965) pointed… …
3iron out — verb 1. settle or put right (Freq. 1) we need to iron out our disagreements • Syn: ↑straighten out, ↑put right • Hypernyms: ↑better, ↑improve, ↑amend, ↑ …
4iron out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms iron out : present tense I/you/we/they iron out he/she/it irons out present participle ironing out past tense ironed out past participle ironed out to deal successfully with a disagreement or problem,… …
5iron out — v. (Informal) resolve difficulties in a mutual manner; reach an agreement mutually (e.g.: I know dear that we do not agree on many things, but I am sure we can iron them out ) …
6Iron out — 1. smooth and remove (problems and difficulties, etc.); 2. flatten (someone); knock down …
7iron out — Australian Slang 1. smooth and remove (problems and difficulties, etc.); 2. flatten (someone); knock down …
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9iron — 1 noun 1 METAL (U) a common hard metal that is used to make steel, is magnetic and is found in very small quantities in food and blood: There were huge iron gates in front of the mansion. | iron ore | Spinach is full of iron. 2 FOR CLOTHES (C) a… …
10iron — /ˈaɪən / (say uyuhn) noun 1. Chemistry a ductile, malleable, silver white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but abundantly used in its crude or impure forms containing carbon (see pig iron, cast iron, steel, and wrought… …
