to hash the details
1
6.5
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
discutir los detalles
- Florentino did not seem satisfied, but other locals at the meeting were more interested in hashing out the details of the project than standing in the way.
Examples
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Florentino did not seem satisfied, but other locals at the meeting were more interested in hashing out the details of the project than standing in the way.
Blog text (2) -
Schedule the talk beforehand so that the two of you will have sufficient time to hash out the details of your exit.
Blog text (1) -
Schedule the talk beforehand so that the two of you will have sufficient time to hash out the details of your exit.
Blog text (1) -
We need to hash out the details of the project before the meeting starts.
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During the conference, the team spent hours hashing out the details of the new policy.
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Let's hash out the details of our travel plans to ensure everything is organized.
Synonyms
105
3.1
To describe something by giving many small facts
20
4.6
Talk about details carefully to reach an agreement
5
6.8
To study something carefully to find its main points
3
7.4
Start talking about the most important details
2
5.3
To discuss a problem carefully to reach a solution or agreement
1
6.0
Talk about something again in detail
Talk about things fully to reach an agreement when people disagree
To look closely at the small parts of a plan or report to understand it
Start talking about the most important details of a topic
Antonyms
How Detailed
- US
74
3.8
14
3.4
- Informal
1
6.5
∞
1.6
59
2.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to discuss or work out the specifics' is not directly derivable from the literal meanings of the constituents: the common literal senses of 'hash' (e.g. to chop or the computing sense 'transform data') do not on their own mean 'discuss'. However, the idiomatic pattern is a metaphorical extension (seen in the phrasal verb 'hash out') linking processing/working through to discussing details, so there is a partial clue for learners. Because the meaning relies on this idiomatic phrasal usage rather than straightforward composition, it is not fully transparent but not completely opaque either.
Etymology
Hash the details may come from the old cooking verb hash, which means to chop food into small pieces. One popular story says people imagined chopping the details into small bits, so to hash the details came to mean 'to discuss or work out the specifics'.