thrash out

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thrash out something

to reach an agreement after a long or difficult discussion. The meeting lasted all night, but by morning, the two sides had thrashed out their differences and agreed on a new contract. They're close to making a deal, and we just hope they can thrash it out without going to trial.

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He thinks that he's bound to live up to his cleverness, and that it's smarter to thrash out some new way of getting to heaven than to go by the old track the common, ignorant folks is travelling. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context More results

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