hammer away

English

Verb

hammer away (third-person singular simple present hammers away, present participle hammering away, simple past and past participle hammered away)

1. (intransitive) To continue discussing or trying to solve. [with at ‘a subject or problem’]

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Further reading

• “hammer away” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “hammer away”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.