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hammer out

Date: Sep 21 2000

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I often feel… that it’s a long process, that it’s something
that I have to hammer out.” (talking about writing a song)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

hammer out *(v.) work hard to finish something

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2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

“Hammer out” is usually used to describe something you’re
working on that is difficult to finish. If you are writing a
paper and it’s taking you a long time, you need to sit down
and hammer it out.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“I think your design for our house is great, but we need to”

“_*hammer out *_the details. Like, where is the bathroom going”

“to be? And, what about the kitchen?”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

“A lot of work involved in this… that’s what I think it means…”
by Rosa (Arraiolos, Portugal)
“I’d say ‘hammer out’ is a slang said whenever you have a very difficult task to do, but no matter how hard it is, you have to do it, like hammering a tree down…”
by Carlos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
“I guess ‘hammer out’ means that think very hard, then find a way how to solve the problem.”
by Rosy (ShenZhen, GuanDong, China)
“I guess ‘to hammer out’ means that you have to work on something bit by bit patiently over a period of time.”
by Amy (Hong Kong)
“I guess it means something like ‘make a great effort to go through.’”
by Lynn (Siping, Jalin, China)
“When you hammer out something to grapple with; you consider it, review it thoroughly, and hash it out to meet solutions that you can agree with.”
by Yoshinobu (Yokohama, Japan)

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