sort out

verb7

1. •
   To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.

   • Could you sort out your wardrobe and put the clothes you no longer use in one pile to give away and another to throw away?
2. •
   To clarify by reviewing mentally.

   • It's a bit confused at the moment, I'll try to sort it out later.
3. •
   To fix (a problem).

   • The computer won't let me delete that file; could you sort it out?
4. •
   To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.

   • We need to sort out the problems we can solve from the ones we can't.
   • They've already sorted out the students in group A, so we just need to worry about groups B and C.
5. •
   To arrange.

   • Could you call Dave and sort out a meeting for tomorrow?
6. •
   (UK, slang) To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.

   • Hey man, I want some weed. —I'll sort you out, mate.
   • We really need to sort Chris out with a girlfriend.
7. •
   (UK, slang) To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them.

   • If you do that again, I'll soon sort you out.