hammer something in

hammer something in
hammer something into something & pound something into something & hammer something in† & pound something in
Lit. to drive something into something as with a hammer. •

Todd hammered the spike into the beam.

He hammered in the spike.

He hammered it in with two hard blows.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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