hammer out
Upper Intermediate (B2) neutral
To finally agree on or finish something after a lot of hard work and difficult discussion.
"After two days of intense talks, the two sides finally hammered out a peace agreement."
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The Year Without a Summer (1816 to 1824)
Historia Civilis · 30:12
and then urged him to hammer out a compromise
Why Trump and Iran can’t make peace
Max Fisher · 6:30
So these are the big issues to hammer out.
The Congress of Vienna (Part 2) (1814 to 1815)
Historia Civilis · 0:35
If the Great Powers could hammer out a consensus, they could steamroll
International Trade Explained
CFR Education · 3:56
The WTO is also an arena for countries to hammer out the rules and regulations