Sort out

verb

Word Frequency: 2.3

Definitions

1.verbTo clarify by reviewing mentally.

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

2.verbTo arrange.

"Could you call Dave and sort out a meeting for tomorrow?"

3.verbTo fix, as a problem.

"The computer won't let me delete that file; could you sort it out?"

4.verbTo 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?"

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

"They've already sorted out the students in group A, so we just need to worry about groups B and C."

6.verbTo attack physically.

"If you do that again, I'll soon sort you out."

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

"We really need to sort Chris out with a girlfriend."