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 closest to what a future Palestinian state may look like was hashed out in a peace process in the 1990s which came to be known as the Oslo Accords.
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Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2025
Senate Democrats have warned the passage of this rescissions package and further efforts by the Trump administration to claw back funding with GOP-only votes threaten already fragile bipartisan negotiations to hash out full-year government funding bills.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 July 2025
And in another all-caps missive, the president intimated that others hoping for more time to hash out agreements with the U.S. shouldn’t hold their breath.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 30 July 2025
In such cases, Congress usually decides to keep funding at the same levels to buy time for a larger deal to hash out and approve new government funding plans.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 25 July 2025
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Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2025
Senate Democrats have warned the passage of this rescissions package and further efforts by the Trump administration to claw back funding with GOP-only votes threaten already fragile bipartisan negotiations to hash out full-year government funding bills.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 July 2025
And in another all-caps missive, the president intimated that others hoping for more time to hash out agreements with the U.S. shouldn’t hold their breath.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 30 July 2025
In such cases, Congress usually decides to keep funding at the same levels to buy time for a larger deal to hash out and approve new government funding plans.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 25 July 2025
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“Hash out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20out. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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