hammer out
verb
hammered out; hammering out; hammers out
: to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows
hammered out an agreement
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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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Unlike the West Coast ports, East Coast ports have a history of resolving labor issues and hammering out new contracts ahead of a port work shutdown.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
The mediators have spent months trying to hammer out a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release the hostages in exchange for a lasting cease-fire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
—Ravi Nessman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
In the runup to the budget deal, which was hammered out on Friday, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams held rallies and applied public pressure to restore the cuts.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
The politics of hammering out a cease-fire deal, both among the warring parties and at the United Nations, have been extraordinarily complex.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 10 June 2024
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
The mediators have spent months trying to hammer out a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release the hostages in exchange for a lasting cease-fire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
—Ravi Nessman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
In the runup to the budget deal, which was hammered out on Friday, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams held rallies and applied public pressure to restore the cuts.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
The politics of hammering out a cease-fire deal, both among the warring parties and at the United Nations, have been extraordinarily complex.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 10 June 2024
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“Hammer out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20out. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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