drop the hammer
Example Sentences
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If courts don’t drop the hammer on this stuff and start seriously considering civil and criminal contempt, I don’t know what can stop these lies.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
Cue a pause long enough to make you wonder if he’ll leave it there or drop the hammer.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
“When working with legislative bodies, there are times for the executive to drop the hammer and take an adversarial approach,” he wrote.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023
And if one of them tests positive for anything, the Breeders’ Cup board members will drop the hammer on Baffert.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021
And, with the first blow, he would smash his thumb, and drop the hammer, with a yell, on somebody’s toes.
From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
