hammer away at

Keep at something continuously, as in The reporters hammered away at the candidate. This phrase employs hammer in the sense of "beat repeatedly," a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jimmy	['dʒimi]
Beli	-	Welsh Mythology
AndŻElika	ahn-je-LEE-kah	Polish
Hana (2)	-	Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Mithridates	-	Ancient Persian (Hellenized)
Quanna	KWAH-nə	African American (Rare)