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hammer out
verb
- to shape or remove with or as if with a hammer
- to form or produce (an agreement, plan, etc) after much discussion or dispute
Idioms and Phrases
Work out with considerable effort, as in It took weeks of negotiations to hammer out an acceptable compromise . This usage likens intellectual effort to shaping metal with the blows of a hammer. [Mid-1700s]Example Sentences
Even if a strong agreement is hammered out, there is no real assurance against backtracking.
Medart maintains that areas outside the monument won’t be impacted, and said tribal leaders want to work collaboratively with stakeholders to hammer out a vision for the area.
Many of the details around the ethics commission are meant to be hammered out once voters have already approved the measure, he said.
The text – which could still change once Commonwealth leaders arrive – has been hammered out by diplomats ahead of the summit.
In rejecting the measure, the governor again asserted — as he has for years on bills costing money — that fiscal issues should be hammered out when he and the Legislature negotiate a state budget in June.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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