🗓️ Idiom: Iron Out the Details
💬 Meaning
- Solve small problems or questions carefully.
- Working through all the details to make something perfect.
🧠 Example Sentences
- We need to iron out the details before signing the contract.
- The team met to iron out the details of the project plan.
- Let’s iron out the details so there are no mistakes later.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from ironing clothes to remove wrinkles and make them smooth. It means fixing small problems so everything works well.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
We should ________ before the presentation tomorrow.
Answer
iron out the details
2. Multiple choice:
What does “iron out the details” mean?
a) Create new problems
b) Solve small problems carefully
c) Ignore the plan
Answer
b) Solve small problems carefully
3. Rewrite the sentence:
“We need to fix all small problems before starting.”
Answer
We need to iron out the details before starting.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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