put the hammer down
To drive quickly; to step on the accelerator.
I says, "Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck and I'm about to put the hammer down."
hammer
UK /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)/ US /ˈhæm.ɚ/
noun 6verb 5name 1
Collocations
4(noun.)
VERB + HAMMER
hit sth with, tap sth with, use, wield
swing
The carpenter swung her hammer hard to drive the nail through the thick wood.
HAMMER + NOUN
blow
The boxer delivered a powerful hammer blow that knocked his opponent to the canvas.
PHRASES
a hammer and chisel, a hammer and nails, hammer and sickle
The carpenter reached for a hammer and chisel to carefully shape the wooden door frame.
Definitions
noun
1
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together
2
The act of using a hammer to hit something.
The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.
3
The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
4
In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings
5
A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
verb
1
To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.
Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.
2
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
hammered money
3
To emphasize a point repeatedly.
4
To hit particularly hard.
This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd.
"My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."
5
To ride very fast.
Fifteen minutes later, leaving a vapour trail of kitchen smells, I hammered into Obterre.
Running at line-speed, well over 100mph, it hammers through Doncaster on its way south to London.
noun
1
someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when t
noun — a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
noun — the ossicle attached to the eardrum
verb — create by hammering
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
hammer home
To repeatedly or continually emphasize (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.
Our instructor would hammer home the point that safety was most important.
hammer and tongs
In a manner indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm.
When they had an argument they went at it hammer and tongs.
if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminately.
between the hammer and the anvil
With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.
Yet for a time the nation was again placed between the democracy of the levellers and the despotism of the Stuarts, — between the hammer and the anvil.
Example Bank
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Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together
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The nail is too loose—give it a hammer.
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The sound the piano makes comes from the hammers striking the strings
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Tony hammered on the door to try to get him to open.
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Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.
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"He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us r
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