hammer (away)

verb

Definition of hammer (away)next
as in to beaver (away)

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  1. pitch in
  2. dig in
  3. slave
  4. knuckle down
Verb
  • Several local, state and federal agencies are pitching in on the investigation, Floyd County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Elizabeth Stigdon said, including the Indiana State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Louisville Metro Police and others.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Or one person working at a small company can be wearing multiple hats — doing the books and pitching in to unload trucks — triggering some gaps about retirement benefits when the person with all that knowledge leaves the company.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of pitch in
Verb
  • In a fortnight, the Tractor Boys had begun to look streetwise, knowing when to press for a goal and, perhaps more importantly, when to dig in and defend.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • One sequence the team dug in their heels to include was a scene in which the Colosseum was flooded for a nautical battle between a boatload of Romans and a ship full of gladiators.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of dig in
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  • The scholars borrow from critical theory—including a Marxist focus on the alienation of labor and postmodern pessimism—with some going so far as to compare the resorts to slave plantations.
    Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
  • During the latter half of that period, according to Marques’s review of British consular reports, more than one-third of all slaving vessels that made landfall in Rio de Janeiro did so under an American flag.
    Rafael Vilela, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Definition of slave
Verb
  • Eddie Howe’s arrival as manager and a positional change helped, as did a willingness to knuckle down.
    Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
  • On the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend 2019, Scott Jones did his usual morning chore of dropping his eldest kids off at school and returning to his Arizona home office to knuckle down to work.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 June 2024
Definition of knuckle down
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hammer and tongs

hammer (away)

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“Hammer (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammer%20%28away%29. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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