The President sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day.
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green have hammered out their difference of opinion.
The club members have hammered out an agreement between the two groups.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
hammer out — (something) to create an agreement or solution to a problem. After months of just talk, we have begun to hammer out a deal which will join our two companies. We d been arguing about the issue for weeks, so the four of us got together to hammer it … New idioms dictionary
hammer out — [v] bring to a conclusion accomplish, bring about, build, complete, construct, erect, establish, excogitate, fight through, finish, form, make, negotiate, produce, settle, set up, sort out, thrash out*, work out; concepts 91,706 … New thesaurus
hammer out — index forge (produce), formulate, make Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hammer out — verb 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 • Syn: ↑thrash out • Hypernyms: ↑hash out, ↑discuss, ↑talk over • Verb Fram … Useful english dictionary
hammer out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hammer out : present tense I/you/we/they hammer out he/she/it hammers out present participle hammering out past tense hammered out past participle hammered out to reach a decision or agreement after discussing … English dictionary
hammer out — PHRASAL VERB If people hammer out an agreement or treaty, they succeed in producing it after a long or difficult discussion. [V P n (not pron)] I think we can hammer out a solution... [V P n (not pron)] The new fixture package has been hammered… … English dictionary
hammer out — remove, work out by discussion and debate The union and managers were able to hammer out an agreement before midnight last night … Idioms and examples
hammer out — verb To come to an agreement after much arguing Two years after the flood, my lawyer managed to hammer out a settlement with my insurance company over the damages … Wiktionary
hammer out — phr verb Hammer out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑deal, ↑detail … Collocations dictionary
hammer out (to) — Come to an agreement through difficult negotiation. ► “Corporate chieftains, seeking to acquire businesses they know well, sit down and hammer out deals face to face.” (Wall Street Journal, March 6, 1996, p. A1) … American business jargon
hammer out something — hammer out (something) to create an agreement or solution to a problem. After months of just talk, we have begun to hammer out a deal which will join our two companies. We d been arguing about the issue for weeks, so the four of us got together… … New idioms dictionary
