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
ÉLie	-	French
Karthika	-	Tamil, Indian, Malayalam
Konstanty	kawn-STAHN-ti	Polish
Sacheverell	sə-SHEV-ər-əl	English (Rare)
ŞUkrİ	-	Turkish
Kerstin	SHESH-tin (Swedish), KER-stin (German)	Swedish, German