thrash out

phrasal verb

thrashed out; thrashing out; thrashes out
: to talk about (something) in order to make a decision, find a solution, etc.
They had a meeting to thrash out their problems.
thrash out a plan

Examples of thrash out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sessions in Neary’s pub in Dublin helped the creative team thrash out the story, though the initial idea was for a feature film. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2024 Since thrashing out the financial elements, NRW has embraced the deal wholeheartedly, appointing Gareth Rosser as a full-time liaison officer for Bike Park Wales just over a year ago. Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024 But even here, the practical details will be difficult to thrash out. Agustín Carstens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2019 In 2025 — or sometime in 2026, if Congress’s aversion to meeting critical fiscal deadlines is any guide — congressional leaders and the next president will be thrashing out a solution to this entirely predictable tax dilemma. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 After months of debate about how to regulate companies like OpenAI, lawmakers from the EU’s three branches of government—the Parliament, Council, and Commission—spent more than 36 hours in total thrashing out the new legislation between Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening. Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2023 But, especially on AI, the specifics being thrashed out in the U.S. are more evolved. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 July 2023 There’s a school of thought that the agreement thrashed out by leaders including George W. Bush and Nicolas Sarkozy was itself a strategic mistake that paved the way for the current conflict. Natalia Drozdiak, Fortune, 11 July 2023 And, whereas Rheinmetall could expect to spend two or three years thrashing out a deal with the government before the war in Ukraine, agreements are now tied up in as little as four months. Frederik Pleitgen, CNN, 10 July 2023

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“Thrash out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrash%20out. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

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