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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Republicans, however, argue that there is still time to hammer out a deal on the subsidies.
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Erin Doherty, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Nvidia and OpenAI said Monday that some details of the agreement are still being hammered out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
But behind the scenes, the utility was hammering out a deal with the Denver Broncos to sell 25 acres of its 36-acre campus.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
Speer is the first to acknowledge that many of the specifics of managing fishing, shipping, and other industrial activities around these areas still need to be hammered out; this agreement is meant to be the foundation on which to do so.
—Bonnie Tsui, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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Erin Doherty, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Nvidia and OpenAI said Monday that some details of the agreement are still being hammered out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
But behind the scenes, the utility was hammering out a deal with the Denver Broncos to sell 25 acres of its 36-acre campus.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
Speer is the first to acknowledge that many of the specifics of managing fishing, shipping, and other industrial activities around these areas still need to be hammered out; this agreement is meant to be the foundation on which to do so.
—Bonnie Tsui, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Hammer out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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