hammer out

1. 1.

   discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement

   “The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement”

   Synonymsthrash out

   Broaderhash out

Questions about hammer out

What does hammer out mean?

hammer out means "discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement".

What is another word for hammer out?

Close synonyms include thrash out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hammer out a common word?

hammer out is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.