hash over

Idioms  

1. Also, hash out. Discuss carefully, review, as in Let's hash over these plans again, or The department was hashing out the new syllabus. This idiom uses the verb hash in the sense of “cut into small pieces,” a usage dating from the mid-1700s.

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hash over

There is much to hash over in this episode but space for only one last question: What is the final verdict on “Better Call Saul”?

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

In late 2019, he started a podcast called “The Ben and Caeleb Show” with best friend Ben Kennedy in which they hash over everything from hummus to building tables to making a bed.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2021

“Crossfire,” on CNN, matched a vaguely liberal host with a vaguely conservative one to hash over issues from between the 35-yard lines.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021

Then the new information had to be brought to our P5+1 partners and often renegotiated, then back to the Iranians to hash over the same points again.

From MSNBC ● Sep. 4, 2018

The pilgrim, a professor, a monk, and some sort of hermit all meet and hash over things.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Related Words

• argue
• confer
• consider
• debate
• deliberate
• examine
• explain
• review
• take up