iron sth out
— phrasal verb with iron uk/aɪən/us/aɪrn/verb [ I or T ]
to remove problems or find solutions:
We're still trying to iron out some problems with the computer system.
We hope they can iron out their differences and get on with working together.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Solving and solutions
- answer
- antidote
- band-aid solution
- be at the bottom of sth idiom
- clear (sth) up
- clue
- conquer
- conquerable
- fall
- kill or cure idiom
- lateral thinking
- magic wand
- modus vivendi
- palliative
- panacea
- result
- round
- solution
- talk sth out
- workaround
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