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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Arlotto | | - | Medieval Italian |
| Joash | | JO-ash (English) | Biblical |
| Leoncio | | le-ON-thyo (Spanish), le-ON-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Blevins | | ['blevinz] | |
| Arlette | | ar-LET | French |
| Nikolay | | nee-kah-LIE (Russian) | Russian, Bulgarian |