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hammered in to

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 half-heard name of the ship that was to carry Yann away became suddenly fixed in her brain, as if it had been hammered in to remain more ineffaceably there.

From An Iceland Fisherman by Cambon, M. Jules

She climbed to the window ledge, felt for the nails that Abel had hammered in to hold his feet and soon ascended through a large gap under the eaves of the store.

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden