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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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.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
To break the impasse, the Speaker floated creating a conference committee with the Senate to hash out their differences, or adding an amendment to the budget resolution — two ideas that would throw a wrench into GOP leadership’s ambitious timeline to get a package to Trump’s desk.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Financial professionals suggest winners assemble a an entire financial team before telling anyone to hash out a plan.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The scope of Trump’s power to fire watchdogs and independent agency heads is still being hashed out through several other cases, however.
—Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2025
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
To break the impasse, the Speaker floated creating a conference committee with the Senate to hash out their differences, or adding an amendment to the budget resolution — two ideas that would throw a wrench into GOP leadership’s ambitious timeline to get a package to Trump’s desk.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Financial professionals suggest winners assemble a an entire financial team before telling anyone to hash out a plan.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The scope of Trump’s power to fire watchdogs and independent agency heads is still being hashed out through several other cases, however.
—Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Hash out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20out. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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