pound away

pound away (at someone or something)

to hammer or batter constantly on someone or something. The cops pounded away at the poor guy, and then they put him in handcuffs. The jackhammer kept pounding away at the pavement.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lysimachus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ena
Ebru	-	Turkish
Liisa	LEE:-sah (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Yosif	-	Bulgarian
Azucena	ah-thoo-THE-nah (Spanish), ah-soo-SE-nah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish