hammer away
Work at relentlessly
To hammer away is to work at something persistently and forcefully, striking repeatedly at a task or topic.
A lawyer hammers away at a witness during cross-examination.
A student hammers away at a difficult subject.
She's been hammering away at that problem all week.
The phrase suggests sustained, determined effort—the kind of relentless repetition that eventually breaks through.
- belaborOverwork a point
- beat a dead horsePursue a pointless argument
- harp onRepeat tediously, incessantly
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- blowMove air forcefully
repeat · persevere · swing · persist · tenacity · keep on · keep at it · stick with it · dogged · relentless · argue · determination · reiterate · drive home · nail · grit · steadfastness · insistence
- naggingnag, pester, badger, henpeck, go on
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
hammer awaygive up
Stop attempting something
quit · abandon · surrender · throw in the towel · stop
hammer awaycoast
Land beside the ocean
take it easy · slack off · idle · drift · phone it in
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