Make+smooth
31smooth the way for someone — smooth the way for (someone/something) to make conditions easier for something to happen. Parents can do a lot to smooth the way for their children when they start school. To smooth our way, many people offered to drive us to and from the… …
32smooth the way for something — smooth the way for (someone/something) to make conditions easier for something to happen. Parents can do a lot to smooth the way for their children when they start school. To smooth our way, many people offered to drive us to and from the… …
33smooth the way for — (someone/something) to make conditions easier for something to happen. Parents can do a lot to smooth the way for their children when they start school. To smooth our way, many people offered to drive us to and from the hospital …
34smooth something away — ˌsmooth sthaˈway/ˈout derived to make problems or difficulties disappear • Any differences between the groups were soon smoothed away. • We are here to smooth out any practical problems for you. Main entry: ↑smoothderived …
35smooth something out — ˌsmooth sthaˈway/ˈout derived to make problems or difficulties disappear • Any differences between the groups were soon smoothed away. • We are here to smooth out any practical problems for you. Main entry: ↑smoothderived …
36smooth something over — ˌsmooth sthˈover derived to make problems or difficulties seem less important or serious, especially by talking to people • She spoke to both sides in the dispute in an attempt to smooth things over. Main entry: ↑smoothderived …
37smooth smth over — make better or more pleasant She tried to smooth over the problems between her boss and his sales staff …
38make up the bed — make (up) the bed to smooth and arrange the covers on a bed so it is ready for someone to sleep in. It took me the whole morning to make the beds and do the wash …
39make the bed — make (up) the bed to smooth and arrange the covers on a bed so it is ready for someone to sleep in. It took me the whole morning to make the beds and do the wash …
40smooth someone's ruffled feathers — smooth (someone s) ruffled feathers to try to make someone feel less angry or upset, especially after an argument. I spent the afternoon smoothing ruffled feathers and trying to convince people to give the talks another chance …
