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hammered into

VERB

work hard at

Synonyms

WEAK

continue drive home drub into drudge drum into endeavor grind grind into impress upon instruct keep on peg away persevere persist plug away pound away repeat stick to try hard try repeatedly work

Example Sentences

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The three-bedroom house is echoey and the floorboards have uneven edges with nails hammered into them.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Mr. Austin’s backers said that with his prostate cancer, he was following a military ethos that has been hammered into him his entire work life: Don’t complain.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

"This has been something that's really been hammered into us by these corporations for 50 years," Barnett said.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023

In thesixth, however, Lynn threw an elevated fastball that A’s rookie Zack Gelof — the brother of recent Dodgers second-round pick Jake Gelof — hammered into the left-field seats.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023

Things like Do Not Steal were, I think, hammered into boys’ heads a good deal harder in those days than they are now.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis