"sort oneself out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-sort oneself out.ogg [Australia] Forms: sort out [canonical], sorts oneself out [present, singular, third-person], sorting oneself out [participle, present], sorted oneself out [participle, past], sorted oneself out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=sort (oneself) out}} sort (oneself) out (third-person singular simple present sorts oneself out, present participle sorting oneself out, simple past and past participle sorted oneself out)
  1. To organize or solve one's personal problems. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-sort_oneself_out-en-verb-4x7MpOnB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 72 28
  2. To calm down emotionally. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-sort_oneself_out-en-verb-n1ktKa8o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sort out

Inflected forms

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