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sort out

verb

Meaning

  1. To clarify by reviewing mentally.
  2. To arrange.
  3. To fix, as a problem.
  4. To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
  5. To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
  6. To attack physically.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

clear up(English)straighten out(English)elucidate(English)sort(English)assort(English)classify(English)discipline(English)class(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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