hammer out

hammer out

verb

Definition of HAMMER OUT

transitive verb

: to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows <hammered out an agreement>

Examples of HAMMER OUT

1. <the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists>

First Known Use of HAMMER OUT

circa 1632

Related to HAMMER OUT

Synonyms: carve (out), develop, forge, grind (out), thrash (out), work out, work up, bring forth

Related Words: churn out, crank out, turn out; cobble (together or up), throw up; compose, construct, craft, create, engineer, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, generate, manufacture, mint, model, shape, tailor; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), devise, hatch, invent, originate; accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry out, effect

Near Antonyms: demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, tear down; ruin, undo, unmake, wreck

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Rhymes with HAMMER OUT

all get-out, autoroute, bring about, carryout, carry out, cast about, come about, cutthroat trout, diner-out, down-and-out, duke it out, Eagle Scout, falling-out, figure out, follow out, gadabout, get about, go about, golden trout, gut it out, gutter out, have it out, how about, infield out, inside out, just about, knockabout, layabout, long-drawn-out, muster out, odd man out, out-and-out, put about, rainbow trout, report out, roundabout, rouseabout, roustabout, runabout, rural route, sauerkraut, set about, speckled trout, spit it out, stirabout, talent scout, turnabout, walkabout, waterspout, water sprout