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hammer out
hammer out
verb
Definition of HAMMER OUT
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort <the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists>
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
Phrases bring forth
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