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Antonyms for thrash out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : thrash |
| Phonetic Transcription : θræʃ |
Definition of thrash out
Origin :- 1580s, "to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating," dialectal variant of threshen (see thresh). Sense of "beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail" is first recorded c.1600. Meaning "to make wild movements like those of a flail or whip" is attested from 1846. Related: Thrashed; thrashing. Type of fast heavy metal music first called by this name 1982.
- As in talk : verb discuss with another
- As in debate : verb argue, discuss
- As in discuss : verb talk over with another
- As in dispute : verb argue
- As in hammer out : verb bring to a conclusion
- Now it was a place I came to when I had a problem to thrash out.
- Extract from : « Houlihan's Equation » by Walt Sheldon
- I suppose that you have a lot of things to thrash out, so you may as well start now.
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- I'll not leave a spark of pride in his body I'll not thrash out of him.
- Extract from : « The Cock and Anchor » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- He must, in some way, thrash out this astounding thing that had come to him.
- Extract from : « Miss Billy Married » by Eleanor H. Porter
- Unfortunately, it is too large a question to thrash out here.
- Extract from : « Anthropology » by Robert Marett
- He wanted to thrash out the matter with Larssen with the least possible delay.
- Extract from : « Swirling Waters » by Max Rittenberg
- He reveled in the debating societies, and was always ready to thrash out any subject in wordy warfare against all comers.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 » by Elbert Hubbard
- I thought better of it however, and at length resolved to thrash out the matter for myself.
- Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- They thrash out wheat and put it on big heavy sheets to dry.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
- Aye, lad, if ever the time was that we needed to thrash out a matter in order to come upon the best road, surely it is now.
- Extract from : « The Minute Boys of Boston » by James Otis
Synonyms for thrash out
- accomplish
- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- argue
- bandy
- be in contact
- bicker
- bounce off
- brawl
- bring about
- build
- bump heads
- canvass
- carry on conversation
- challenge
- chew
- chew the fat
- clash
- cogitate
- collogue
- commune
- compare notes
- complete
- confab
- confabulate
- confer
- confide
- confute
- consider
- construct
- consult
- consult with
- contact
- contend
- contest
- contradict
- controvert
- converse
- cross swords
- debate
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- deny
- descant
- dialogue
- differ
- disaffirm
- discept
- discourse about
- discuss
- disprove
- dispute
- dissert
- dissertate
- doubt
- engage in conversation
- erect
- establish
- examine
- exchange
- exchange views on
- excogitate
- explain
- fight through
- figure
- finish
- form
- gainsay
- get together
- go into
- go into a huddle
- groupthink
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have a meet
- have at
- have at it
- hold discussion
- hold forth
- huddle
- impugn
- interact
- interface
- interview
- jaw
- join in conversation
- jump on one's case
- keep in touch
- kick about
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- make
- moot
- negate
- negotiate
- network
- oppose
- palaver
- parley
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- produce
- prove
- put heads together
- put up argument
- quarrel
- question
- quibble
- reach out
- reason
- reason about
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- relate
- review
- set to
- set up
- settle
- sift
- sort out
- squabble
- take on
- take up
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- touch
- touch base
- vent
- ventilate
- visit
- weigh
- work out
- wrangle
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