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.

Examples of hash out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new hours were hashed out in a small working group consisting of both pickleball players and neighbors convened by Village Manager Kelsey McElroy-Anderson to develop a compromise. —Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026

Details of the new plan have been hashed out behind closed doors by leader Xi Jinping’s inner circle over months. —Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026

Welts spoke hours after residents and some City Council members questioned whether the speed in hashing out City Hall’s future is tied to potential negotiations with the NBA team. —Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026

Noting that guns are banned from courthouses across the country, Roberts said that under Murphy's argument those policies would have to be hashed out, case by case, in court, too. —Nina Totenberg, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for hash out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout