hash out
phrasal verb
hashed out; hashing out; hashes out
US, informal
1
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.
2
: to find (a solution) by talking
Their lawyers hashed out a resolution.
3
: to solve (a problem) by talking
We were finally able to hash out our differences.
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What’s undecided? Advanced class funding: A controversial plan to cut funding for Advanced Placement and other college-level courses in Florida’s public high schools will have to be hashed out in budget talks.
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Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2025
Legislative leaders have questioned whether Hochul announced the general agreement too early with other key issues still being hashed out.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Combs' attorneys met with Judge Arun Subramanian on April 25 at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan to hash out trial preparations with prosecutors.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The Senate’s decision to approve the House’s changes to the legislation rather than send the bill to a conference committee where lawmakers from both chambers hash out differences to form a compromise bill puts the legislation on the fast track to Abbott.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
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Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2025
Legislative leaders have questioned whether Hochul announced the general agreement too early with other key issues still being hashed out.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Combs' attorneys met with Judge Arun Subramanian on April 25 at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan to hash out trial preparations with prosecutors.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The Senate’s decision to approve the House’s changes to the legislation rather than send the bill to a conference committee where lawmakers from both chambers hash out differences to form a compromise bill puts the legislation on the fast track to Abbott.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Hash out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20out. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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