irons out

verb

present tense third-person singular of iron out
as in clears (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irons out
  1. judges
  2. reasons
  3. works out
  4. unties
  5. infers
  6. concludes
  7. figures out
  8. decides
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  • This week’s newsletter looks at why people are drinking less alcohol, how the world judges America and how many people use chatbots like a friend.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That’s a hard sell in a market that judges most leaders on quarterly results.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of judges
Verb
  • The consultant reasons by filling a notebook with calculations, then hands you a one-sentence answer, and keeps the notebook.
    — Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • How the Fed reasons its way to agreements is as important as the agreements.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2026
Definition of reasons
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  • Steel Magnolias was also adapted from a play of the same name about the lives of a group of six women in a small Louisiana town, with Parton playing the role of a Truvy Jones, a hairdresser who works out of her home salon.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Led by Inspector Ӧnem, the team (which works out of a basement) deals with honor killings, suicides, and exploitation.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of works out
Verb
  • Sarah unties Gerard and runs out just in time to stop Downey, who begs her to let this all go.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
Definition of unties
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  • Examples include an agent that suggests a Roth conversion without looking at the life situation—such as age or tax bracket—or a support agent that infers CSAT is high due to dropping call volumes but doesn’t know a major telecom system is down.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • So hopefully the audience infers certain things, and every now and again, Austin, as Jay, will chime in with a little bit of dialogue.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
Definition of infers
Verb
  • Three-quarters of the way through an all-in-all pretty thrilling Reacher season, a picaresque episode introduces still another villain and concludes on a particularly dire cliffhanger.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • His departure concludes one of the most successful coaching tenures in junior college football history.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of concludes
Verb
  • Those things matter, but great corporate videography starts earlier, in the pre-phase, the exploratory phase, when the production team figures out what the client is really trying to accomplish.
    — Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Deborah arrives for her freshman year at her parents' HBCU alma mater and figures out how to escape their shadow while also building her own legacy.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of figures out
Verb
  • If the prosecution decides to retry the case, a new jury would be selected, and the case would proceed to a new trial with a different jury.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Tate brothers remain in jail in the US while a judge decides on the request for their extradition to Britain, where they are wanted on rape charges.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of decides
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“Irons out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irons%20out. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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