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
Gioele	jo-EL-e	Italian
Kepa	-	Basque
Saul	SAWL (English)	Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin
Lungile	-	Southern African, Zulu
Allen	['ælən]
SavaŞ	-	Turkish