"thrash out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-thrash out.ogg [Australia] Forms: thrashes out [present, singular, third-person], thrashing out [participle, present], thrashed out [participle, past], thrashed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} thrash out (third-person singular simple present thrashes out, present participle thrashing out, simple past and past participle thrashed out)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To discuss something so fully as to resolve a problem or conflict; to hammer out. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-thrash_out-en-verb-luQhAoTV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

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