iron out

Questions about iron out

What does iron out mean?

iron out means "settle or put right". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for iron out?

Close synonyms include straighten out, put right, iron, press. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is iron out a common word?

iron out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.