hammer at meaning
hammer at sth especially AmE to keep talking about a particular subject, especially publicly, because you think it is important and want to attract people's attention to it:
▪ Dole hammered at the latest statistics, showing that teenage drug use has more than doubled in the last four years.
▪ Throughout the election campaign, Weld continued to hammer at the issues of crime, welfare and taxes.
▪ Dole hammered at the latest statistics, showing that teenage drug use has more than doubled in the last four years.
▪ Throughout the election campaign, Weld continued to hammer at the issues of crime, welfare and taxes.
[American slang]
v. 1. To work steadily at; keep at. That lesson is not easy, but hammer away at it and you will get it right. 2. To talk about again and again; emphasize. The speaker hammered at his opponent's ideas.
Examples
More: Next- we hammer at new software & technology of internet
- the paper hammers at the study of sse " s extranet security establishment measures
- level 2-throws a hammer at an enemy unit, dealing 150 damage and stunning for 2 seconds
- yiming hammers at the latest technique development and let engineers to have sophisticated experience
- Deimel was a couple of meters behind Hammer at the finish.
