hammer out
verb
hammered out; hammering out; hammers out
: to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows
hammered out an agreement
Examples of hammer out in a Sentence
the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists
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The United Football Players Association has hammered out its first collective bargaining agreement with the UFL, ratifying a two-year pact that includes a pay raise and a health care provision that extends into the offseason.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2014, after Holocaust survivors protested the SNCF’s bids for contracts in the U.S., French and American ambassadors hammered out a US$60 million fund to compensate survivors who were not covered by other programs.
—Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
In 1944 at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in the midst of global war, the Allies hammered out the post-war economic structure, to operate under the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
That's when global financial leaders met at a fancy hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, and hammered out the details of a new global economic order that would take hold after World War II ended.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2014, after Holocaust survivors protested the SNCF’s bids for contracts in the U.S., French and American ambassadors hammered out a US$60 million fund to compensate survivors who were not covered by other programs.
—Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
In 1944 at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in the midst of global war, the Allies hammered out the post-war economic structure, to operate under the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
That's when global financial leaders met at a fancy hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, and hammered out the details of a new global economic order that would take hold after World War II ended.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Hammer out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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