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hammer

n. the accelerator of a vehicle. She pressed down the hammer, and off they went.

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• be at it hammer and tongs
• between the hammer and the anvil
• come under the hammer
• drive home
• fight hammer and tongs
• go at it hammer and tongs
• go under the hammer
• hammer
• hammer (something) into (one's/someone's) head
• hammer (something) into (one's/someone's) thick skull
• hammer a beer
• hammer and sickle
• hammer and tongs
• hammer at
• hammer away
• hammer away at
• hammer down
• hammer home
• hammer into
• hammer into and pound into
• hammer on
• hammer onto
• hammer out
• hammer some beers
• hammer-headed
• if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• pork hammer
• pound a beer
• put the hammer down
• sledge-hammer argument
• take a hammering
• under the hammer