We still have to ..... the finer details about our upcoming trip to Scotland

Englishlearner · April 3, 2019, 5:58pm

We still have to ..... the finer details about our upcoming trip to Scotland. (*) iron in (*) iron on (*) iron out

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Mona_Rmzi · April 3, 2019, 6:01pm

We still have to iron in the finer details about our upcoming trip to Scotland. (By luck)

Torsten · April 4, 2019, 1:48pm

“iron in” is not the correct answer.

Cristovam · April 4, 2019, 2:00pm

The answer is iron out, but I need explanations about because I am not convinced that. Thanks.

Torsten · April 4, 2019, 2:17pm

Hi Cristovam,

with many phrasal verbs there often is no logical explanation. I think the idea of ‘iron out’ is to remove some “wrinkles” – some issues with a project so the preposition is ‘out’. Please let me know if this makes sense.

Mona_Rmzi · April 4, 2019, 5:58pm

Hello, Sir Toresten. Thank very much for the correction of my mistake. Please sir, do native English speakers know all the phrasal verbs and collocations and their meanings?