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Synonyms for hammer away at
verb think about seriouslyAntonyms for hammer away at
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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concentrating
verb. think about closely
- apply
- attend
- be engrossed in
- bring to bear
- brood over
- center
- consider closely
- contemplate
- crack one's brains
- direct attention
- establish
- examine
- fix attention
- fixate
- focus
- focus attention
- get on the beam
- give attention
- hammer
- hammer away at
- head trip
- intensify
- knuckle down
- meditate
- muse
- need
- occupy thoughts
- peruse
- ponder
- pour it on
- put
- put mind to
- rack one's brains
- rivet
- ruminate
- scrutinize
- set
- settle
- study
- sweat
- think hard
- weigh
debate
verb. argue, discuss
- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- bandy
- bicker
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- wrangle
debated
verb. argue, discuss
- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- bandy
- bicker
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- wrangle
debating
verb. argue, discuss
- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- bandy
- bicker
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- wrangle
deliberate
verb. think about seriously; discuss
- argue
- bat it around
- cerebrate
- chew over
- cogitate
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- debate
- excogitate
- hammer away at
- judge
- kick around
- knock around
- meditate
- mull over
- muse
- ponder
- pour it on
- put on thinking cap
- rack brains
- reason
- reflect
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- run up a flagpole
- speculate
- stew over
- study
- sweat over
- talk over
- turn over
- weigh
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.