hammer away at



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.
See also: away, hammer

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NainsÍ-Irish
Letha-English
&Aelig;Lf&Thorn;Ry&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
Wafi-Arabic
Trond-Norwegian
Vid-Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian