hammer (away)

verb

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammer (away)
  1. pitch in
  2. dig in
  3. slave
  4. knuckle down
Verb
  • Cubs closer Jacob Webb picked up the save on 13 pitches in the ninth.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The City of Los Angeles has also pitched in to relief efforts, with Mayor Karen Bass declaring a state of emergency and sending mobile health care clinics to the neighborhood.
    — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of pitch in
Verb
  • In Children Playing on the Beach, 1884, two pudgy and sunburned girls dig in the sand.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But journalism has gotten so much smaller, and academia is also very precarious — and the idea of an academic writing in any kind of consumer-facing press is now considered a dig in your tenure file.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of dig in
Verb
  • Magadan had a deadly reputation in the Stalin era, as a hub for Gulag mines where political prisoners slaved sometimes to death and produced gold and other minerals in the process.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Po’s journey begins while slaving away at his boring noodle job on the day the Dragon Warrior is to be chosen.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of slave
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  • Teams will use the five-week gap between the races in Japan and Miami to knuckle down at their factories and develop car upgrades that could boost their fortunes upon returning to the track in May.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In survival mode, many brands have been forced to knuckle down and fortify their business strategies, in hopes of setting them up for success against a difficult backdrop.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of knuckle down
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“Hammer (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammer%20%28away%29. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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