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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 atmosphere in the O2 was as dead as a doornail hammered into a Dodo and buried in a concrete bunker.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

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

I had already grown up watching the original animated version and despite enjoying it, had already hammered into my brain that it was not feminist.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2023

His first pitch to Jose Trevino — a poorly executed curve — hung in the middle of the zone and was hammered into the Mariners bullpen.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022

But time had taken a visible toll; tears in the seams hadn’t been mended, and rust coated most of the metal stakes hammered into the grass to keep it secure.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray