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Wiktionary

  1. v. To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
  2. v. idiomatic To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. press and smooth with a heated iron
  2. v. settle or put right

Examples

  • “It cost his spirit ration to prevail on the warrant cook to allow the gunroom attendant to heat a flatiron in the galley and iron out his neck handkerchief Bracegirdle lent him a clean shirt, but there was a feverish moment when it was discovered that the gunroom's supply of shoe blacking had dried to a chip.”

    Mr. Midshipman Easy

  • “No one hurried over his meal -- there was nothing to hurry for -- but by and by they rose one by one and drifted off, Dr. Benson to his sick-bay call, the young torpedo officer, Lieutenant Mills, to supervise the efforts of his men who had been working twelve hours a day for the past two days to iron out the faults in the suspect torpedoes, a third to relieve Hansen, who had the watch, and three others to their bunks.”

    Ice Station Zebra

  • “Gardoqui sat in on the Burgos meeting as an interpreter, and held private talks with Lee afterward to iron out the details.”

    Simon & Schuster: Robert Morris

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