hash out

verb

To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.

“They stayed up late hashing out the details of the contract.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person hashes out · participle present hashing out · participle past hashed out · past hashed out

  1. idiomaticTo work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.

    They stayed up late hashing out the details of the contract.

    2 more examples

    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

    As 25/7’s lawyers hashed out terms with APG throughout the early spring, […]

    2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

verbspeak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion

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discusstalk over
Broader
talk oftalk about
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discusstalk overwork out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

hash out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hash%20out

MLA

“hash out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hash%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hash out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hash%20out.

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