sort through

Meaning

1. sort through sth (for sth)

   to look through a number of things, either in order to find sth or to put them in order

   I sorted through my paperwork.

In the movies · 4

• It took Casey months to sort through the raw dataTranscendence2014
• I tried to sort through what Doc Schwartz had said, but prison ain't the easiest place to think.Raising Arizona1987
• We're just sorting through this Barclays deal for Lehman.Too Big to Fail2011
• I'll sort through the ethics later.Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas2017
• Tomorrow, we'll sort through everything.Leave the World Behind2023
• Miley and me, we've got to sort through things.Hannah Montana: The Movie2009
• - As they apparate, they merge together that deep connection that we'd sort of threaded through the stories and the films,Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts2022

From the same entry

• it takes all sorts
• of sorts
• out of sorts
• sort of
• a sort of
• nothing of the kind
• separate out the men from the boys
• sort out the sheep from the goats
• sort out the wheat from the chaff
• sort itself out
• sort out
• sort out