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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

One piece by Thomas Macie is still there today: pennies hammered into warehouse shelving units as a Donald Judd-style permanent installation at Ikea.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

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

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023

He tried to move, but pain hammered into him and made his breath shorten into gasps and he stopped, his legs still in the water.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen