smooth out

verb

smoothed out; smoothing out; smooths out also smoothes out

1

: to make (something) smooth or flat

Help me smooth out the tablecloth.

After we dug up the soil, we smoothed it out before we planted the seeds.

2

: to make (something) easier by removing or dealing with problems

We will smooth out the election process by next year.

She tried to smooth things out with her daughter-in-law, but the damage was done.

Examples of smooth out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Hacks never really engaged with the complexity of those disclosures, and by Kathy’s brief appearance this final season, she’s smoothed out into a trite obstacle in Ava’s quest to reboot Deborah’s old sitcom. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026

The four-week moving average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, rose by nearly 6,300 to 209,000. —ABC News, 28 May 2026

Across history, hawkers of new communications technologies have expressed a desire to smooth out and speed up human conversation. —Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

The dynamism of the singing and dancing smooths out some of the adaptation’s rough edges. —Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

Rhymes for smooth out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout