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单词 hammer out
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hammer out

phrasal verb
If people hammer out an agreement or treaty, they succeed in producing it after a long or difficult discussion.
I think we can hammer out a solution. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
The new fixture package has been hammered out by the Premiership clubs in talks overthe last ten days. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
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hammer out in British English

verb (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

hammer out in American English

1. 
to shape, construct, or produce by hammering
2. 
to make flat by hammering
3. 
to take out by or as by hammering
4. 
to develop or work out by careful thought or repeated effort
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Examples of 'hammer out' in a sentence
hammer out

We'll hammer out an updated report that will surely convince Lloyd's and the cops that we're right about Brunner.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
Christian got a hammer out of his pocket and knocked the padlock off on the first hit: `It's through here.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
We're going to hammer out the details of how we can pension off Desmond, evict that shady adventurer Hall and close down St Paul's.
Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
In the end he had managed to hammer out a rough track that allowed the pickup truck to get up into the canyon.
Elizabeth Lowell BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (2001)

Chinese translation of 'hammer out'

hammer out

vt

  1. (fig) [solution, agreement] 推敲出 (tuīqiāo chū)
See hammer

Nearby words of
hammer out

  • hamlet
  • hammer
  • hammer in
  • hammer out
  • hammock
  • hamper
  • hamster

Related terms of
hammer out

  • hammer in
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