as in to straighten (out)
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Al-Rashid has an opportunity to iron out the kinks before spending substantially more cash on his dream boat.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
Friday will iron out a clearer picture with Gainesville playing Van Alstyne and Prosper Richland playing Panther Creek.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
To be clear, some of the legalese will take time to iron out, because Mercury will go retrograde on February 26.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of investing resources to manufacture magnets to the precision to make a stellarator, Thea Energy can rapidly iterate its magnet designs and work on the software to iron out the kinks.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
Friday will iron out a clearer picture with Gainesville playing Van Alstyne and Prosper Richland playing Panther Creek.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
To be clear, some of the legalese will take time to iron out, because Mercury will go retrograde on February 26.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of investing resources to manufacture magnets to the precision to make a stellarator, Thea Energy can rapidly iterate its magnet designs and work on the software to iron out the kinks.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iron%20out. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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