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pounded (out)

verb

past tense of pound (out)
as in hammered out

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  1. hammered out
  2. fashioned
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  • In 2011, former Time Warner Cable executives hammered out the 20-year agreement with the Lakers, then owned by the late Jerry Buss.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In April, Williams hammered out a two-year extension that pushed off retirement talk and let the 49ers focus elsewhere in the draft instead of splurging on a replacement.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of hammered out
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  • Director/co-writer Zach Cregger has fashioned a movie with original characters set in the world of the games, where a virus outbreak caused by the nefarious Umbrella Corporation threatens the world with zombies and other hard-to-re-kill creatures.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The decision to invade emanated from within the political order Putin has fashioned, a system that has been hardened by the war more than it has been transformed.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Pounded (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounded%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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