hash out

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 United States already has a fragmented health system, in which insurers, clinicians, and drugmakers are largely left on their own to hash out the cost of each medication or service. — Renuka Rayasam, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026

Jeff Bezos reportedly hashed out his Washington Post purchase at the 2013 conference, and Disney and ABC executives laid the groundwork for their 1995 merger there. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Some state governments are trying to hash out these kinds of issues, too. — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 3 July 2026

Jason and Travis Kelce's podcast, New Heights, is where the NFL brothers (Travis plays for the Chiefs, while Jason is retired from the Eagles) go to hash out all that's on their minds. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Rhymes for hash out

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