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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But by the time the pause was set to expire on Wednesday, the administration had only hashed out preliminary agreements with the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
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Erin Doherty,kevin Breuninger,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Exactly what service roles qualify under the legislation is still being hashed out.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2025
But a compromise budget hashed out by Rodrigues and his House counterpart dropped the rate changes, and even reduced the cash available for private counsel compensation from $215 million in the last fiscal year to $213 million for the next 12 months.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
Those changes must be hashed out before DeWine can sign these policies into law.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Erin Doherty,kevin Breuninger,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Exactly what service roles qualify under the legislation is still being hashed out.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2025
But a compromise budget hashed out by Rodrigues and his House counterpart dropped the rate changes, and even reduced the cash available for private counsel compensation from $215 million in the last fiscal year to $213 million for the next 12 months.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
Those changes must be hashed out before DeWine can sign these policies into law.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Hash out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20out. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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