thrash 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”

   Synonymshammer out

   Broaderhash out

Questions about thrash out

What does thrash out mean?

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

What is another word for thrash out?

Close synonyms include hammer 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 thrash out a common word?

thrash 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.