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hammer out

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to shape or remove with or as if with a hammer

2. to form or produce (an agreement, plan, etc) after much discussion or dispute

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Verb

hammer out - discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"

thrash out

hash out, talk over, discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"

Translations

vypracovat

udarbejde

ausarbeiten

élaborer

berja saman

elaborare escogitare spianare

få utarbeidet gjennomdrøfte

anlaşmaya varmakzorlukla bir karara varmak

推敲出

w>hammer out

vt sep

metal → hämmern; nail, bricks → (her)ausschlagen or -klopfen; dent → ausbeulen

(fig) plan, agreement, solution → ausarbeiten, aushandeln; difficulties → beseitigen, bereinigen; verse → schmieden; tune → hämmern

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hammer

(ˈhӕmə) noun

1. a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc. a joiner's hammer.

2. the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.

3. in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.

verb

1. to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer. He hammered the nail into the wood.

2. to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition. Grammar was hammered into us at school.

give (someone) a hammering

to hammer (= beat) (a person). His father gave him a hammering for stealing.

hammer home

to make great efforts to make a person realize. We'll have to hammer home to them the importance of secrecy.

hammer out

to produce (an agreement etc) with a great deal of effort and discussion. to hammer out a solution.

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'Just you give me my hammer out of that,' says Durdles, 'and I'll show you.'

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TONY Blair hit back at Europe's old political elite yesterday over their failure to hammer out a budget deal.

BLAIR IN BLAST AT EU'S OLD GUARD; War on budget plans

But boss Jim Jefferies is currently involved in talks with Rousset to hammer out a long- term contract.