smooth out

phrasal 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

Two openers tapped into the alternate styles of Lee to smooth out the transition of the evening. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025

Best Hotels & Resorts Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge With elegant dining options, a Nordic spa, and deluxe bedding and robes in the guest rooms, the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis Village smooths out the rough edges of any wilderness getaway. —Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025

Same-store sales is an important restaurant industry metric used to smooth out the impact of store closures and openings, as well as currency fluctuations. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025

But the rollout was anything but an innovative whirlwind; the launch was so bad that OpenAI was forced to restore access to GPT-4 while the problems got smoothed out. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for smooth out

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