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11hammer 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… …
12hammer out — {v.} 1. To write or produce by hard work. * /The President sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day./ 2. To remove, change, or work out by discussion and debate; debate and agree on (something). * /Mrs. Brown and… …
13hammer out — {v.} 1. To write or produce by hard work. * /The President sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day./ 2. To remove, change, or work out by discussion and debate; debate and agree on (something). * /Mrs. Brown and… …
14hammer\ out — v 1. To write or produce by hard work. The President sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day. 2. To remove, change, or work out by discussion and debate; debate and agree on (smth). Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green have… …
15hammer out — the committee sat for three hours hammering out a new budget Syn: thrash out, work out, agree on, sort out, decide on, bring about, effect, produce, broker, negotiate, reach an agreement on …
16hammer out — transitive verb Date: circa 1632 to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows < hammered out an agreement > …
17hammer out — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. work out, fight through, get settled; see decide …
18hammer out — fashion, form, shape …
19hammer out — Discuss, in order to reach conclusion (usu. in conditions of strong differences of opinion) …
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