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Meanings of pound on in English

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Usage of pound on in English
1
If you want anything in the night, just pound on the wall.
Quin
2
Some went up the steps and began to pound on the portals.
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout; Or, The Speediest Car on th...
3
The foregoing table shows the progression per pound on every progressive thousand.
The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights ...
4
Oi clane up a good hundre' pound on this job in bonuses.
Three Soldiers
5
Again it's the rainy season, again the torrents pound on his roof.
The eye of the leopard
6
I wanted to shake him, scream at him, pound on his chest.
Club dead
7
I pound on the breaks and the whole car starts to slide.
Stars rain down
8
I ball my hands up into fists and pound on the wall.
Divergent
9
They pound on the gate demanding admittance in the name of the law.
Love, Life & Work / Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Nat...
10
I told him to pound on the doors and wake up the town.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
11
Well, he decided, I shall pound on that door until he opens it!
Speaks the Nightbird
12
But she wasn't carrying one single extra pound on her perfect little body.
Biggie and the devil diet
13
Scrap it without wasting another hour or another pound on it.
Major Barbara
14
Now it's my turn to pound on the tree in frustration.
Angelfall
15
Got a shop there-lendsa shilling in the pound on seamen's advance tickets.
A Simpleton
16
She was about to pound on the door again when it cracked open.
Thief of lives
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Pound on through the time
Pound on across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common