Word Study
thrash out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb thrash out has 1 sense
- thrash out(v = verb.communication) hammer out - discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement" is one way to discuss, hash out, talk over
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
thrash out
agitate, appraise, argue, argufy, assess, bandy words, bicker, canvass, catalog, categorize, cavil, choplogic, class, classify, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, debate, discept, dispute, evaluate, factor, gauge, give and take, group, hassle, have it out, identify, join issue, lock horns, logomachize, moot, pettifog, plead, polemicize, polemize, quibble, sift, sort, sort out, spar, take sides, try conclusions, weigh, winnow, wrangle
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