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hammer away

v.

1. To pound on something with loud, repeated blows: The kids hammered away at the door until I let them in.

2. To work at something with determination for an extended period: We hammered away on our proposal all night.

3. To talk about something to an excessive and tedious degree: The committee hammered away at the same subject for hours.

See also: away, hammer