Synonyms for thrash out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : thrash
Phonetic Transcription : θræʃ

Top 10 synonyms for thrash out Other synonyms for the word thrash out

Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for thrash out

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