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Phrase(s): sort something out
1. Lit. to sort something; to arrange according to class or category. • Let’s sort these cards out. • Would you please sort out your socks? 2. Fig. to study a problem and figure it out. • I can’t sort this out without some more time. • Let’s sort out this mess and settle it once and for all., Phrase(s): sort oneself out
to pull oneself together; to figure out what to do about one’s problems. (Fig. on sort something out W.) • I need a few days to sort myself out. • I need some time to sort myself out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs