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hammer on

VERB

accelerate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance expedite further hasten open up quicken spur step up stimulate

STRONG

drive dust forward gun hurry impel precipitate railroad rev roll tool

WEAK

fire up lay a patch lay rubber make tracks nail it peel rubber put on afterburners put pedal to metal rev up speed up step on the gas

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block cease check delay discourage halt hinder slow stop

STRONG

dissuade repress wait

WEAK

decelerate defer impede postpone retard slow down

Example Sentences

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Now, as this Norse god drops the hammer on opponents, Norwegians can’t get enough of him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Broadstairs Memorial Hall is set to go under the hammer on Thursday, with bids for the property opening on Wednesday.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Taken as a group, the prints going under the hammer on December 3 exemplify "Blake's idiosyncratic genius as both an artist and poet", he added.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

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

She heard the air whooshing into the big bellows in the forge and the practice tap for range of hammer on anvil.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

hammer on

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