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drop the hammer

VERB
shoot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blast execute explode fire hit hurl kill launch murder open fire
STRONG
bag barrage bombard catapult dispatch emit expel fling gun ignite loose plug pop project propel pump torpedo trigger zap
WEAK
bring down let fly let go with open up pick off pull the trigger set off throw lead
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bear create fail
STRONG
conceal hold keep withhold
WEAK
backfire walk

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If courts don’t drop the hammer on this stuff and start seriously considering civil and criminal contempt, I don’t know what can stop these lies.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

Cue a pause long enough to make you wonder if he’ll leave it there or drop the hammer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

The reason you have a personal conduct policy is to be able to drop the hammer in a situation such as this.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2022

And if one of them tests positive for anything, the Breeders’ Cup board members will drop the hammer on Baffert.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

And, with the first blow, he would smash his thumb, and drop the hammer, with a yell, on somebody’s toes.

From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)