hash out
verb1
Idiomatic To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.
- They stayed up late hashing out the details of the contract.
- The Iraqi people have shown their impulse toward democracy; they need security in order to hash out the many remaining differences that still divide them.2005, John McCain, Winning the War in Iraq:
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- As 25/7’s lawyers hashed out terms with APG throughout the early spring, […]2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN:
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- hammer out