thrash out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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We should welcome a raucous, open primary to thrash out who we are and what and who we’re going to fight for.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
International regulators are still trying to thrash out environmental rules governing the industry.
From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025
To keep the sessions spontaneous, he didn't finish any of the "16 or 17" songs he'd written, preferring to thrash out the arrangements in the studio with his touring band.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
Hnath has constructed “A Doll’s House, Part 2” as a modern comedy of ideas, divided into a series of confrontations in which characters get to thrash out different perspectives on their shared history.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
It was a complicated question, he said, and one requiring time to thrash out to an equitable settlement.
From The Spoilers by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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