hammer out

Example Sentences

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Then everyone got together in a big room to hammer out their disagreements.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

And so Scott’s major recent step has been to hire a financial planner to help them hammer out their final retirement plans.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

The work I’m doing right now is so wonderful, but I’m just buzzing with the need to sit in one place for two months and hammer out a draft.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

China’s ruling elites will soon gather to hammer out the priorities for the world’s second-largest economy next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Since our machinist needed at least three days merely to turn out the more simple phosphorus atoms, I went back to Clare after lunch to hammer out the final draft of my genetics manuscript.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson