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  1. v. To come to an agreement after much arguing

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement

Examples

  • “I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,”

    If I Had A Hammer

  • “May 10 (Bloomberg) -- The euro strengthened after European Union finance ministers pledged to stop a sovereign debt crisis from shattering confidence in the currency and held an emergency summit to hammer out a lending mechanism for deficit-stricken nations.”

    Bloomberg

  • “He was astonished at their malingering on piece-work, generalized about the inherent laziness of the unskilled laborer, and proceeded next day to hammer out three dollars 'worth of boxes.”

    SOUTH OF THE SLOT

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. hash out
  1. discuss
  1. talk over

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. lathing-hammer
  2. hammer
  3. shoe-hammer
  1. stroke
  2. hammer-less
  3. pinking-iron
  1. quartering-hammer
  2. anvil
  3. bloom
  1. claw
  2. claw hammer
  3. fagot
  1. forge
  2. shear-steel
  3. flat-hammer

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