iron out

verb

ironed out; ironing out; irons out

transitive verb

1

: to make smooth or flat by or as if by pressing

2

: to resolve or work out a solution to

ironed out their differences

Examples of iron out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Through that span, Intel's PR strategy was familiar: insist that things were ramping up well internally and that bugs were being ironed out, express confidence in the roadmap, give itself a little wiggle room on launch dates of actual products, and continue onward. —Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025

Those details will be ironed out over the coming months and years, but the fields will remain at 68 teams, at least for one more year. —Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

These miscues and unknowns need to get ironed out and resolved for the arrow to clearly be pointing up going into their Week 1 visit to Washington. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025

The city will give one well-rounded set of comments and things will get ironed out in the next phase. —Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 29 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for iron out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout

Kids Definition

iron out

verb

1

: to make smooth or flat by or as if by ironing

2

: to work out a solution to

ironed out their differences