hash out

verb

hashed out; hashing out; hashes out

US, informal

1

or hash over : to talk about (something) : discuss (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.

2

: to find (a solution) by talking

Their lawyers hashed out a resolution.

3

: to solve (a problem) by talking

We were finally able to hash out our differences.

Examples of hash out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As a federal agency, NASA receives an annual budget from Congress each year, and legislators are currently hashing out appropriations for the next fiscal year, which begins on October 1. —Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 June 2026

Despite bipartisan support to do something about the technology, lawmakers are still hashing out how to even take up the issue. —Eric McDaniel, NPR, 22 June 2026

While Major League Baseball and the MLBPA continue to hash out negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the MLB’s newest proposal includes some drastic changes to the draft. —Hunter Delauder, AJC.com, 18 June 2026

The annual Group of 7 summit for decades has been an occasion for the heads of state of Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States to meet as friends and try to hash out a collective approach to the vexing problems of the day. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

Rhymes for hash out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout