hammer out

[hammer out] {v.}

1. To write or produce by hard work.

* /The President sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day./

2. To remove, change, or work out by discussion and debate; debate and agree on (something).

* /Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green have hammered out their difference of opinion./

* /The club members have hammered out an agreement between the two groups./

Compare: IRON OUT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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