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View synonyms for hammer out

hammer out

verb

  1. to shape or remove with or as if with a hammer
  2. to form or produce (an agreement, plan, etc) after much discussion or dispute
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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]
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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.

From BBC

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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