・sort out one's ideas [a team] (with one's advisors) (アドバイザーと一緒に)考え[チームの陣容]を整える.

・wait for things to sort themselves out 事態が落ち着くのを待つ.

(5) 《英俗》 取り締まる, 罰する, 懲らしめる (punish); (けんかで)やっつける, のす.

・I'll sort him out. あいつをやっつけてやる.

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n.: 《c1390》 (O)F sorte ＜ VL sortam ← L sort-, sors lot, chance, fourtune, (ML) kind, sort ← IE ser- to line up (L serere to arrange). ― v.: 《c1358》 sorte(n) (O)F sortir L sortr ← sors: cf. assort sort・a /s ｜ st/