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transitive verb
Date: circa 1632
to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows <hammered out an agreement>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hammer out
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hammer out — (something) to create an agreement or solution to a problem. After months of just talk, we have begun to hammer out a deal which will join our two companies. We d been arguing about the issue for weeks, so the four of us got together to hammer it … New idioms dictionary
hammer out — [v] bring to a conclusion accomplish, bring about, build, complete, construct, erect, establish, excogitate, fight through, finish, form, make, negotiate, produce, settle, set up, sort out, thrash out*, work out; concepts 91,706 … New thesaurus
hammer out — index forge (produce), formulate, make Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hammer out — verb discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement • Syn: ↑thrash out • Hypernyms: ↑hash out, ↑discuss, ↑talk over • Verb Fram … Useful english dictionary
hammer out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hammer out : present tense I/you/we/they hammer out he/she/it hammers out present participle hammering out past tense hammered out past participle hammered out to reach a decision or agreement after discussing … English dictionary
hammer out — PHRASAL VERB If people hammer out an agreement or treaty, they succeed in producing it after a long or difficult discussion. [V P n (not pron)] I think we can hammer out a solution... [V P n (not pron)] The new fixture package has been hammered… … English dictionary
hammer out — remove, work out by discussion and debate The union and managers were able to hammer out an agreement before midnight last night … Idioms and examples
hammer out — verb To come to an agreement after much arguing Two years after the flood, my lawyer managed to hammer out a settlement with my insurance company over the damages … Wiktionary
hammer out — phr verb Hammer out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑deal, ↑detail … Collocations dictionary
hammer out (to) — Come to an agreement through difficult negotiation. ► “Corporate chieftains, seeking to acquire businesses they know well, sit down and hammer out deals face to face.” (Wall Street Journal, March 6, 1996, p. A1) … American business jargon
hammer out something — hammer out (something) to create an agreement or solution to a problem. After months of just talk, we have begun to hammer out a deal which will join our two companies. We d been arguing about the issue for weeks, so the four of us got together… … New idioms dictionary
