hammered into

VERB

work hard at

Synonyms

WEAK

continue drive home drub into drudge drum into endeavor grind grind into impress upon instruct keep on peg away persevere persist plug away pound away repeat stick to try hard try repeatedly work

Example Sentences

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The three-bedroom house is echoey and the floorboards have uneven edges with nails hammered into them.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Mr. Austin’s backers said that with his prostate cancer, he was following a military ethos that has been hammered into him his entire work life: Don’t complain.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

I had already grown up watching the original animated version and despite enjoying it, had already hammered into my brain that it was not feminist.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2023

Points are made, then underlined, then hammered into the ground.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022

But time had taken a visible toll; tears in the seams hadn’t been mended, and rust coated most of the metal stakes hammered into the grass to keep it secure.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray