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

Students in the class this semester are redesigning the AI agent to smooth out some kinks, and Ipeirotis plans to use it in all his future classes. —Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

Traditional methods, like the Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) approach, rely on simplified equations that smooth out fine details, and fail to account for all relevant physics. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026

The budget rule dictates that when oil goes above a certain price, excess revenues are saved in a rainy-day fund for use in leaner times, to smooth out volatility. —J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 20 Apr. 2026

Nothing takes the relaxation out of a vacation quite like having to smooth out all of your wrinkly suitcase clothes on a bulky hotel ironing board. —Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for smooth out

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• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout