hammer home

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Translations

يقوم بجهودٍ كبيرَه للإقناع

dokopat k pochopení

hamre ind i hovedet på

einbläuen

leggja ofuráherslu á

slå noe fast så det sitter

büyük çaba göstermek

力求使某人认识到

w>hammer home

vt sep

nail → fest hineinschlagen

argument, point etc → Nachdruck verleihen (+dat), → untermauern; he tried to hammer it home to the pupils that … → er versuchte, den Schülern einzubläuen or einzuhämmern, dass…

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hammer

(ˈhӕmə) noun

1. a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc. a joiner's hammer.

2. the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.

3. in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.

verb

1. to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer. He hammered the nail into the wood.

2. to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition. Grammar was hammered into us at school.

give (someone) a hammering

to hammer (= beat) (a person). His father gave him a hammering for stealing.

hammer home

to make great efforts to make a person realize. We'll have to hammer home to them the importance of secrecy.

hammer out

to produce (an agreement etc) with a great deal of effort and discussion. to hammer out a solution.

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