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单词 hammering out
释义

hammer out

verb

hammered out; hammering out; hammers out

transitive verb

: to produce or bring about as if by repeated blows
hammered out an agreement

Synonyms

  • carve (out)
  • develop
  • forge
  • grind (out)
  • thrash (out)
  • work out
  • work up
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Example Sentences

the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1632, in the meaning defined above

hammering out

verb

present participle of hammer out
as in working up
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort the city council hammered out new commercial development regulations with input from residents, business owners, and environmental activists

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • working up
  • forging
  • developing
  • bringing forth
  • working out
  • grinding (out)
  • carving (out)
  • creating
  • thrashing (out)
  • cranking out
  • churning out
  • crafting
  • generating
  • throwing up
  • carrying out
  • achieving
  • constructing
  • turning out
  • engineering
  • devising
  • cobbling (together or up)
  • composing
  • modeling
  • manufacturing
  • forming
  • cooking (up)
  • tailoring
  • bringing off
  • inventing
  • shaping
  • originating
  • accomplishing
  • hatching
  • minting
  • concocting
  • conceiving
  • effecting
  • fashioning
  • modelling
  • fabricating
  • framing
  • contriving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tearing down
  • destroying
  • dismantling
  • demolishing
  • razing
  • wrecking
  • ruining
  • undoing
  • unmaking
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