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hammering away

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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Applebee’s has had success hammering away at a specific message.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The two boys, aged 2 and 4, romped through the labyrinth of La Soledad, under lines of drying laundry, past deliverymen pushing stacked handcarts and carpenters hammering away at tottering structures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

Not far from the Estonian capital, Tallinn, at the tip of the railway, dozens of workers are welding and hammering away at the new Ülemiste passenger terminal.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

“We are hammering away at this to get dams breached and salmon recovered — that is our number one goal,” Wheeler said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

She rarely found him at games, lately, though; most often he was alone in the clearing near the river, hammering away on the misshapen vessel that he called his boat.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry