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

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

That home, which Cosby purchased in 1980, was listed back in April for $7 million while the foreclosure dispute was being hashed out in court, then took a nearly quarter-million-dollar price cut in July. —Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2025

This is Perry’s version of the Hatfields and McCoys — and boy, does this guy love business deals and people in suits hashing out contracts. —Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025

Newsom and lawmakers agreed to hash out a deal this fall. —Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for hash out

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