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Nearby words
thrale, hester lynch, thrall, thralldom, thrang, thrapple, thrash, thrash about, thrash metal, thrash out, thrasher, thrashing
Origin of thrash
Related formsun·thrashed, adjectivewell-thrashed, adjective
Can be confusedthrash thresh
Synonym study
1. See beat.
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British Dictionary definitions for thrash out (1 of 2)
thrash out
verb
(tr, adverb) to discuss fully or vehemently, esp in order to come to a solution or agreement
British Dictionary definitions for thrash out (2 of 2)
thrash
/ (θræʃ) /
verb
noun
the act of thrashing; blow; beating
informal a party or similar social gathering
See also thrash out
Word Origin for thrash
Old English threscan; related to Old High German dreskan, Old Norse thriskja
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Word Origin and History for thrash out
thrash
1580s, "to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating," dialectal variant of threshen (see thresh). Sense of "beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail" is first recorded c.1600. Meaning "to make wild movements like those of a flail or whip" is attested from 1846. Related: Thrashed; thrashing. Type of fast heavy metal music first called by this name 1982.
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Idioms and Phrases with thrash out
thrash out
Discuss fully, especially to resolve a problem, as in We'll just have to thrash out our ideas about where to go on vacation. [Late 1800s]
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