hammer out
verb
hammered out; hammering out; hammers out
: to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows
hammered out an agreement
Examples of hammer out in a Sentence
the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists
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Ukraine is trying to hammer out its best starting position before Witkoff goes to Putin.
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
This repetitive, cyclic failure to grasp the gulf between the two warring sides – hammered out in two separate negotiating tracks – is ultimately why progress always seems so close, yet also so unattainable.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The sides hammered out details of the new deal during the bye week.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
These questions — whether to build a bomb, brace for another war in the case of restarting its nuclear program, or to sit down with its nemesis to hammer out a deal — are undoubtedly vexing for the leadership.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
This repetitive, cyclic failure to grasp the gulf between the two warring sides – hammered out in two separate negotiating tracks – is ultimately why progress always seems so close, yet also so unattainable.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The sides hammered out details of the new deal during the bye week.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
These questions — whether to build a bomb, brace for another war in the case of restarting its nuclear program, or to sit down with its nemesis to hammer out a deal — are undoubtedly vexing for the leadership.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Hammer out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20out. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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