Sort out - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear (syn: clear, clear up, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate)
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience (syn: correct, discipline)
Extra examples
It's up to the director to sort out difficulties like this one.
The new director was asked to sort the workers out.
Wait till I get you outside, and I'll sort you out!
...historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks...
...the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort out things...
Sort out the washing into white and coloured materials.
Sort out the problem in any way you think fit.
Why don't you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems?
All she could do was pray that, somehow, she might be able to sort out the mess she had got herself into.
Our accountant finally managed to sort out the muddle.
There are one or two things to sort out before I leave.
She needed time and space to sort out her life.
I'm leaving the solicitors to sort out the paperwork.
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