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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

We’re looking together at two wooden planks with metal tags hammered into them.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 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

They had reached the very edge of the wood at the top of the field, and here was an empty space, with a small sign hammered into the ground that read weezly.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling