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
Fingal	-	Scottish
SÁMuel	-	Hungarian
Claudio	KLOW-dyo	Italian, Spanish
Conrad	KAHN-rad (English), KAWN-raht (German)	English, German, Ancient Germanic
Angiolo	-	Italian
Tiwlip	-	Welsh