sort out

Definitions

1. 1

   To clarify by reviewing mentally.

   • It's a bit confused at the moment, I'll try to sort it out later.
2. 2

   To arrange.

   • Could you call Dave and sort out a meeting for tomorrow?
3. 3

   To fix (a problem).

   • The computer won't let me delete that file; could you sort it out?
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   1. 4

      To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.

      • Could you sort out your wardrobe and put the clothes you no longer use in one pile to give away and another to throw away?
   2. 5

      To separate from the remainder of a group

      To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.

      • We need to sort out the problems we can solve from the ones we can't.
      • They've already sorted out the students in group A, so we just need to worry about groups B and C.
   3. 6

      To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically…

      To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them.

      • If you do that again, I'll soon sort you out.
   4. 7

      To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.

      • Hey man, I want some weed. —I'll sort you out, mate.
      • We really need to sort Chris out with a girlfriend.

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