hammer out or work out
1hammer out — [v] bring to a conclusion accomplish, bring about, build, complete, construct, erect, establish, excogitate, fight through, finish, form, make, negotiate, produce, settle, set up, sort out, thrash out*, work out; concepts 91,706 …
2hammer out — remove, work out by discussion and debate The union and managers were able to hammer out an agreement before midnight last night …
3hammer 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… …
4hammer 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… …
5hammer\ 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 (smth). Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green have… …
6hammer out — the committee sat for three hours hammering out a new budget Syn: thrash out, work out, agree on, sort out, decide on, bring about, effect, produce, broker, negotiate, reach an agreement on …
7hammer out — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. work out, fight through, get settled; see decide …
8hammer — [ham′ər] n. [ME hamer < OE hamor, akin to Ger hammer, ON hamarr, crag, cliff < IE * k̑omor , stone hammer < base * ak m < ak̑ , sharp, sharp stone > Gr akmē, point, akmōn, anvil] 1. a tool for pounding, usually consisting of a… …
9hammer — ► NOUN 1) a tool consisting of a heavy metal head mounted at the end of a handle, used for breaking things and driving in nails. 2) an auctioneer s mallet, tapped to indicate a sale. 3) a part of a mechanism that hits another, e.g. one exploding… …
10hammer — hammerable, adj. hammerer, n. hammerlike, adj. /ham euhr/, n. 1. a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc. 2. any of various instruments or devices resembling this …
