english
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In addition to the idioms beginning with HAMMER, Also see UNDER THE HAMMER.
American Heritage Idioms
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hammer sth out
[ M ]
to reach an agreement or solution after a lot of argument or discussion
• Three years after the accident the lawyers finally managed to hammer out a settlement with the insurance company., hammer sth into sb
( also hammer sth in )
to force someone to understand something by repeating it a lot
• I always had it hammered into me that I mustn't lie., hammer away at sth
informal
to work without stopping and with a lot of effort
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun VERB + HAMMER hit sth with, tap sth with, use, wield | swing He swung the hammer with all his strength. HAMMER + NOUN blow (often figurative) The decision is a hammer blow for the coal industry. PHRASES a hammer and chisel, a hammer and nails, hammer and sickle the hammer and sickle of the Soviet flag
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun
mallet:
He used a hammer to pound a nail.
verb
worked:
We hammered out our problems.
Simple Definitions