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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Drug companies have no limits when setting prices for brand-name drugs, but the amount consumers pay depends on negotiations hashed out with insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Yet leagues and players have a long history of hashing out how to fairly divide the spoils of their joint efforts, sometimes more amicably than others.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
But intraparty rifts could complicate GOP leadership’s math if the lower chamber moves forward with plans to vote on the evolving legislation, which Republican critics note would keep funding mostly at levels hashed out under the Biden administration.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
In more congenial times, state appropriations chairs hash out details of the budget along with the leaders of the four legislative caucuses.
—Isabella Volmert, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Yet leagues and players have a long history of hashing out how to fairly divide the spoils of their joint efforts, sometimes more amicably than others.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
But intraparty rifts could complicate GOP leadership’s math if the lower chamber moves forward with plans to vote on the evolving legislation, which Republican critics note would keep funding mostly at levels hashed out under the Biden administration.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
In more congenial times, state appropriations chairs hash out details of the budget along with the leaders of the four legislative caucuses.
—Isabella Volmert, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Hash out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20out. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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