hammer out
verb
hammered out; hammering out; hammers out
: to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows
hammered out an agreement
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the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists
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Within days, the alliance settled on a single candidate for almost all of the country’s nearly six hundred legislative districts and hammered out a common platform, calling for a minimum-wage hike, a price freeze on energy bills, and the reinstatement of wealth taxes that Macron had cancelled.
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Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking members hammered out a tentative new accord that notches up pay by 35% over four years, an unprecedented wage increase.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
The production company has been a signatory on previous WGA contracts but not on the one hammered out after last year’s 148-day writers strike.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
The Warriors hammered out a deal with Steph Curry, tacking on an extra year at $62.6 million to his deal, but rushing to extend the young wings makes much less sense.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2024
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Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking members hammered out a tentative new accord that notches up pay by 35% over four years, an unprecedented wage increase.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
The production company has been a signatory on previous WGA contracts but not on the one hammered out after last year’s 148-day writers strike.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
The Warriors hammered out a deal with Steph Curry, tacking on an extra year at $62.6 million to his deal, but rushing to extend the young wings makes much less sense.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Hammer out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20out. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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