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Meanings of iron out in English

Portuguese
resolver

Settle or put right.

resolver
Portuguese
passar a ferro
Catalan
planxar

Press and smooth with a heated iron.

passar a ferro
Usage of iron out in English
1
The election commission said it was working to iron out the problems.
Reuters
2
He wanted to allow time to iron out the problems, he explained.
The Guardian
3
But being able to iron out the kinks is why we train.
A knife edge
4
If you can't iron out the kinks, it's time to move on.
The South African
5
The roller can only do so much to iron out the pitch.
The Guardian
6
However, organisers still have a number of issues to iron out.
BBC
7
Parliament has 24 months to iron out legislative details such as permitted quantities.
The South African
8
History shows further talks may be needed to iron out details.
Reuters
9
Ban said tough talks lay ahead to iron out the ceasefire.
Reuters
10
Perhaps this is yet another matter for our European administrators to iron out.
The Irish Times
11
Indeed, the multiple postponements suggest that there are some kinks to iron out.
The South African
12
But it has some bugs to iron out yet, it seems.
News.com.au
13
Give me a tinkle and we'll iron out the exact date.
A Confederacy of Dunces
14
It's not perfect but it saves me getting the iron out.
The Guardian
15
You keep them straight, and we can iron out everything else.
Hunter's moon: a novel
16
But there will be some wrinkles to iron out with Trump.
The Guardian
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Translations for iron out
Catalan
planxar
Iron out through the time
Iron out across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Less common
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