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Meanings of hammer away in English

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Usage of hammer away in English
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It was all their fault-theyought to have put the hammer away.
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields
2
They intend to keep at that distance, and hammer away at us.
With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
3
I'll hammer away at it until I'm sure he can't miss.
The Door Into Summer
4
Let's just hammer away at them, they will have to in the end!
The South African
5
Sick of watching your children hammer away at those Angry Birds?
The Irish Times
6
It is women who hammer away at the scary standoff between India and Pakistan.
Feminist dot com
7
They might hammer away at me ever so long, and I shouldn't care twopence.
The Eustace Diamonds
8
Mr. Damon continued to hammer away at the window sash with the piece of driftwood.
Tom Swift and His Air Glider; Or, Seeking the Platinum Treasure
9
Joel hammer away at plough-handle, tinkerin' just like heself.
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
10
The Clippers dominated early and continued to hammer away at the Thunder in the second half.
Reuters
11
Harry drives in one direction, I in another, and we hammer away from morning till night.
The Lifeboat
12
The years hammer away-digestingthe paint from houses.
Erik Dorn
13
Take that hammer away, or look to yourself.'
Moby Dick
14
But it was not in Matthew Deacon's nature to hammer away at a problem forever without resolution.
The outsiders
15
The other two continued to hammer away at the door, which presently showed signs of giving way.
For the Liberty of Texas
16
Many have shared an office with a person who groans as they hammer away at their keyboard.
The Guardian
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