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thrash

(thrăsh)

v. thrashed, thrash·ing, thrash·es

v.tr.

a. To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick. See Synonyms at beat.

b. To strike violently; batter: winds that thrashed the boat.

2. To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail: The alligator thrashed its tail.

3. To defeat soundly or decisively.

4. To thresh (grain).

5. To sail (a boat) against opposing winds or tides.

v.intr.

1. To move wildly or violently: squirrels thrashing about in a cage.

2. To strike or flail.

3. To thresh.

4. To sail against opposing tides or winds.

1. The act or an instance of thrashing: "We sat on, listening to the thrash of night trees" (Roger Angell).

2. Music See speed metal.

Phrasal Verbs:

thrash about (or around)

To struggle to decide or determine something: advisers thrashing about trying to develop a new policy.

thrash out

To discuss fully or produce by discussion: thrashed out their differences; thrashed out an agreement.

[Variant of thresh.]

thrash′er n.

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thrash out

(tr, adverb) to discuss fully or vehemently, esp in order to come to a solution or agreement

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Verb

thrash out - discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"

hammer out

hash out, talk over, discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"

thrash

verb

1. To beat (plants) with a machine or by hand to separate the grain from the straw:

flail, thresh.

2. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:

assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thresh.

Informal: lambaste.

Slang: clobber.

Idiom: rain blows on.

3. To punish with blows or lashes:

beat, flog, hide, lash, whip.

Informal: trim.

Slang: lay into, lick.

4. To swing about or strike at wildly:

flail, thresh, toss.

Idiom: toss and turn.

5. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:

annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, trounce, vanquish.

Informal: massacre, wallop.

Slang: clobber, cream, shellac, smear.

phrasal verb
thrash out or over

To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:

bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thresh out (or over), toss around.

Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around).

Slang: rap.

Idiom: go into a huddle.

Translations

discutere a fondo

w>thrash out

vt sep differences, deal, terms, details → ausdiskutieren; to thrash things out → die Sache durchdiskutieren

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