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Definition of Thrash out
1. Verb. 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"
Definition of Thrash out
1. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) To discuss something so fully as to resolve a problem or conflict; to hammer out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrash Out
Literary usage of Thrash out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Kaffir-English Dictionary by Albert Kropf (1899)
"... they thrash out wheat; fig. to cause to forsake, (b) To try or help to bring
out, ascertain, discover the person who caused any man's sickness by ..."
2. British Farmer's Magazine (1852)
"The ancient practice was to thrash out the whole grain before it was removed from
the fields ; and this custom would probably have still remained, ..."
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