hash out

phrasal verb

hashed out; hashing out; hashes out

US, informal

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.

: to find (a solution) by talking

Their lawyers hashed out a resolution.

: 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 President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act gave Medicare the power to directly hash out drug prices with manufacturers for the first time in the federal program’s nearly 60-year history. —

Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024 The ensuing need to hash out deep issues involving money, responsibility, power, and control may feel immensely uncomfortable. —

Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024 But those conversations are about give-and-take and hashing out answers. —

Ari Pinkus, The Conversation, 10 July 2024 Democrats are desperate to hash out those concerns but in private. —

David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for hash out

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