Collocations for "hammering"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hammering" in context.
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hammer
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- hit my [thumb, hand] with a hammer
- dropped a hammer on my [toe, foot]
- a hammer and nails
- [pound, hit] it in with a hammer
- a [claw-tooth, ball-pen, lead] hammer
- the hammer of justice
- Thor's hammer
- the hammer and sickle
- the [logo, emblem, flag] has a hammer
- a hammer on the [flag]
- the sound of a jack hammer
- using a jack hammer to
- broke down the [door, wall] with a sledge hammer
- the [auction, auctioneer's] hammer
- the [painting, property, collection] was sold under the hammer
- sold for [one million] dollars under the hammer
- idiom: fought hammer and tongs (to the end)
- hammered on the [door, window, wall]
- was hammering all [morning, day, night]
- hammer [it] home to her
- really hammered it home
- hammer in the nail
- hammer the nail in
- hammer the nail into the [wall, board, table]
- hammer out the details
- hammer out a deal (with, which will)
- hammer down the price
- hammer away at [an idea, a proposal, a new concept]
- keep hammering away at [it]
- competes in the hammer [toss, throw]
'hammering' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):