- hammer something on
- hammer something onto something & hammer something on†to pound something onto something. •
I hammered the lid onto the paint can.
•She hammered on the lid very tightly.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
hammer something on
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hammer something out — laboriously work out the details of a plan or agreement. → hammer hammer something out play a tune on a piano loudly and unskilfully. → hammer … English new terms dictionary
hammer something home — drive/hammer (something) home to say something very clearly and with a lot of force, often repeating it several times, so that you are sure that people understand it. She used charts and statistics to drive home her message that we need to… … New idioms dictionary
hammer something into somebody — ˌhammer sth ˈinto sb derived to make sb learn or remember sth by repeating it many times Main entry: ↑hammerderived … Useful english dictionary
hammer something out — THRASH OUT, work out, agree on, sort out, decide on, bring about, effect, produce, broker, negotiate, reach an agreement on. → hammer * * * 1) make something by shaping metal with a hammer 2) laboriously work out the details of a plan or… … Useful english dictionary
hammer something in/into — inculcate something forcefully or repeatedly. → hammer … English new terms dictionary
hammer something into one — Vigorously and forcefully teach, persuade, convince one of something … A concise dictionary of English slang
drive (or hammer) something home — stress a point forcefully. → home … English new terms dictionary
hammer something home — … Useful english dictionary
hammer into — ˌhammer ˈinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hammer into he/she/it hammers into present participle hammering into past tense … Useful english dictionary
Something — Single par The Beatles extrait de l’album Abbey Road Face A Something Face B Come Together Sortie … Wikipédia en Français
hammer — ham|mer1 [ˈhæmə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(tool)¦ 2 come/go under the hammer 3 hammer blow 4 hammer and tongs 5¦(gun)¦ 6¦(sport)¦ 7¦(piano)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: hamor] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
