knock away

knock away (at something)

to continue to knock at something. The loose shutter kept knocking away at the side of the house. It knocked away all night, keeping me awake.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cilka	-	Slovene
Hamilcar	hə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)	Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Poppy	PAH-pee	English (British)
Tacitus	-	Ancient Roman
Matheus	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Aksinya	-	Russian