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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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hammer out

Part of Speechverb

To come to (a difficult agreement or settlement) after much arguing and conflict.

In a Sentence

“Two years after the flood, my lawyer managed to hammer out a settlement with my insurance company over the damages.”

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Related Words

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