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iron out

/ iron out /

verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

settle or put right

"we need to iron out our disagreements"

Type of:

better improve amend

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 2

press and smooth with a heated iron

"press your shirts"

Type of:

press

Kinds of:

mangle

Derived:

iron smoothing iron ironing

Entails:

heat heat up

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Semantic Complexity

28%

Sense Count

2

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

10

Times Searched

3

Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

better improve amend press mangle