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hammer away at

Keep at something continuously, as in The reporters hammered away at the candidate. This phrase employs hammer in the sense of “beat repeatedly,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

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Nearby words

  1. hammarskjöld,
  2. hammarskjöld, dag,
  3. hammer,
  4. hammer and sickle,
  5. hammer and tongs,
  6. hammer beam,
  7. hammer blow,
  8. hammer drill,
  9. hammer finger,
  10. hammer mill
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