sort oneself out—
1. get oneself into a proper mental or emotional state:
- They are now separated by her decision: he has to sort himself out, show himself to be responsible, a potential father.
2. (of two or more people) settle disagreements:
- Unless he and Michael can sort themselves out they will bring themselves into further disrepute.
sort someone out—
1. (coll.) deal with a person who causes trouble:
- He’s one of these idiots who fires his rifle off. It’s about time the police sorted him out.
2. (of two or more people) arrange in groups:
- We sorted the people out, interrogated them, tried to find out what they were working on.