Synonyms of hammering out

hammering out

verb

present participle of hammer out

as in grinding (out)

to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort

the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinding (out)
• forging
• developing
• carving (out)
• working up
• creating
• bringing forth
• working out
• thrashing (out)
• crafting
• achieving
• generating
• constructing
• cranking out
• churning out
• carrying out
• devising
• throwing up
• cooking (up)
• turning out
• composing
• cobbling (together or up)
• forming
• engineering
• manufacturing
• modeling
• originating
• shaping
• inventing
• accomplishing
• tailoring
• effecting
• hatching
• conceiving
• fashioning
• bringing off
• concocting
• fabricating
• minting
• framing
• contriving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tearing down
• destroying
• dismantling
• demolishing
• razing
• wrecking
• ruining
• undoing
• unmaking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hammering out

Once Alex Ovechkin made his decision, hammering out the details took only a few minutes. — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 6 July 2026

Pritzker needs to take a hands-on approach, gathering all the stakeholders well in advance of the November veto session and hammering out a workable regimen, to ensure lawmakers have something on which to vote. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026

Stocks fell sharply early in Thursday's session, but steadily clawed their way back as investors appeared to take heart from news reports that Iran and Oman are hammering out a plan to oversee traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

Aponte’s predecessor Kevin Abrams was the Giants‘ salary cap lead in previous years, most memorably hammering out the early versions of Daniel Jones’ contract extension in the lobby of the JW Marriott here in March 2023. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026

Artificial intelligence, real money When actors and studios arrived at the bargaining table this week to start hammering out the next SAG-AFTRA contract, a key figure in the conversation was not in the room. — Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026

The statement said that Patagonia and Pattie Gonia—who uses female pronouns—spent several years hammering out an agreement over the activist’s use of the brand’s name. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026

Following Witkoff and Kushner’s visit to the Kremlin in early December, a flurry of high-level diplomacy involving Zelensky and European leaders ensued, with much talk about hammering out the finer points of a potential agreement. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025

Lawmakers have gone home for the holidays without hammering out a resolution to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies as tensions flare amid health care negotiations. — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 22 Dec. 2025