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hash out

hash out verb: to work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.

Verb

hash out (third-person singular simple present hashes out, present participle hashing out, simple past and past participle hashed out)

  1. (idiomatic) To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.
    • They stayed up late hashing out the details of the contract.
    • The Iraqi people have shown their impulse toward democracy; they need security in order to hash out the many remaining differences that still divide them.2005, John McCain, Winning the War in Iraq

Forms of hash out

third-person singular presenthashes out
present participlehashing out
past participlehashed out
pasthashed out

Questions about hash out

What does hash out mean?
Hash out means to work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.
What part of speech is hash out?
Hash out is a verb.
What is the past tense of hash out?
The past tense of hash out is hashed out.

Words near hash out in the dictionary

  1. hash mark
  2. hash marks
  3. hash noise
  4. hash oil
  5. hash oils
  6. hash out
  7. hash over
  8. hash pipe
  9. hash pipes
  10. hash rate
  11. hash rates

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