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sort out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. arrange or order by classes or categories
    "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
    classify  class  sort  assort  sort out  separate 
  2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
    "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
    clear  clear up  shed light on  crystallize  crystallise  crystalize  crystalise  straighten out  sort out  enlighten  illuminate  elucidate 
  3. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
    "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
    discipline  correct  sort out 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


sort out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally.
  2. (verb) (transitive) To fix, "as" a problem.
  3. (verb) (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, "as" a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
  4. (verb) (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; "often construed with" from.
  5. (verb) (context/transitive/UK/slang) To attack physically.
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