iron out
verb
ironed out; ironing out; irons out
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
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As the district begins to put the plan into action, there are final details to be ironed out and more chances for public input.
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Maria Benevento, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Honey and others ironed out the technical details of merging information from different agencies and crafted data-sharing contracts.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
There are still some lingering discrepancies, wrinkles that the team thinks other collisions between particles with sizes between protons and iron could help to iron out.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
To be sure, Cramer said questions still remain about the durability of the ceasefire and all of the details that need to be ironed out in a longer-term agreement.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
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Maria Benevento, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Honey and others ironed out the technical details of merging information from different agencies and crafted data-sharing contracts.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
There are still some lingering discrepancies, wrinkles that the team thinks other collisions between particles with sizes between protons and iron could help to iron out.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
To be sure, Cramer said questions still remain about the durability of the ceasefire and all of the details that need to be ironed out in a longer-term agreement.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20out. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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