come out in the wash

verb3

1. •
   Of problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally.

   • It may look like a huge mess now, but I expect that it will all come out in the wash as time goes on.
2. •
   Of the truth: to be inevitably revealed in the future.

   • You can do everything you can to hide this, but everything comes out in the wash.
3. •
   Of advantages and disadvantages, to cancel each other out.

   • The number 12 bus is faster, but the number 17 stops nearer my house, so it all comes out in the wash.