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hammered away

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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Johan Rojas, the No. 9 hitter, hammered away at Luzardo with a nine-pitch at-bat for a single that opened the third.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2023

National and international grievances, competing ideologies, and economic self-interest all hammered away at the fragile international order.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Over a career that has spanned more than four decades, landscape designer Mia Lehrer has hammered away at those hard surfaces and, in countless places, replaced them with more hospitable landscapes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Having twice hauled themselves level - and missed a penalty - Scotland hammered away at the visitors in the final half hour in desperate search of a winner.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2021

The goldsmiths and silversmiths hammered away, with small hammers, at gold leaf.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White