hash out

hash out
verb
speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion
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We discussed our household budget

• Syn: ↑discuss, ↑talk over
• Derivationally related forms: ↑discussion (for: ↑discuss), ↑discussant (for: ↑discuss)
• Hypernyms: ↑talk of, ↑talk about
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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transitive verb
: to thrash out

invited by a faculty committee … to hash out their views on education theory — Saturday Review

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hash out (informal)
To arrive at by debate, thrash out
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Main Entry: ↑hash

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ˌhash ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hash out he/she/it hashes out present participle hashing out past tense hashed out past participle hashed out] informal phrasal verb
to discuss a plan or agreement in order to agree about the details

We hashed out some of the details of the plan.

Thesaurus: to discuss somethingsynonym
Main entry: hash

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hash out [phrasal verb]
US informal hash out (something) or hash (something) out
1 or hash over (something) or hash (something) over : to talk about (something)

The detectives hashed out their theories about who committed the murder.

They've spent quite a bit of time hashing over the problem.

We need to sit down and hash things out. [=talk about things; discuss the situation]

2 a : to find (a solution) by talking

Their lawyers hashed out a resolution.

2 b : to solve (a problem) by talking

We were finally able to hash out our differences.

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Main Entry: ↑hash

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • hash out — (something) to talk about something in order to reach agreement about it. The talks continued on Sunday, with the two sides trying to hash out the details of an agreement …   New idioms dictionary

  • hash out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hash out : present tense I/you/we/they hash out he/she/it hashes out present participle hashing out past tense hashed out past participle hashed out informal to discuss a plan or agreement in order to agree… …   English dictionary

  • hash out — {v.}, {informal} To talk all about and try to agree on; discuss thoroughly. * /The teacher asked Susan and Jane to sit down together and hash out their differences./ * /The students hashed out the matter and decided to drop it./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hash out — {v.}, {informal} To talk all about and try to agree on; discuss thoroughly. * /The teacher asked Susan and Jane to sit down together and hash out their differences./ * /The students hashed out the matter and decided to drop it./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hash\ out — v informal To talk all about and try to agree on; discuss thoroughly. The teacher asked Susan and Jane to sit down together and hash out their differences. The students hashed out the matter and decided to drop it …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hash out something — hash out (something) to talk about something in order to reach agreement about it. The talks continued on Sunday, with the two sides trying to hash out the details of an agreement …   New idioms dictionary

  • hash out — verb To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties. They stayed up late hashing out the details of the contract …   Wiktionary

  • hash out — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. settle, conclude, negotiate, get a decision on; see decide …   English dictionary for students

  • hash — hash1 [hash] vt. [Fr hacher, to chop, mince: see HACHURE] 1. to chop (meat or vegetables) into small pieces for cooking 2. Informal to make a mess or botch of; bungle n. 1. a chopped mixture of cooked meat and vegetables, usually baked or browned …   English World dictionary

  • hash something out — ˌhash sthˈout derived (informal, especially NAmE) to discuss sth thoroughly in order to reach an agreement or decide sth • We still need to hash out the details of the contract. Main entry: ↑hashderived …   Useful english dictionary

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