Translations for „hammer down“ in the English » German Dictionary

hammer down VB trans

to hammer down ⇆ sth

etw festhämmern

to hammer down a nail

einen Nagel einschlagen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to hammer down a nail

einen Nagel einschlagen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If you're true to the tenets of the gospel, you should always think twice before bringing the hammer down on anybody unpopular.

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But, feeling strong on the bike, he slammed the hammer down and made his attack.

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Until, having quietly collected all the evidence everyone else missed, he brings the hammer down.

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Penny is more precise -- his fingers hammer down on the frets of his instrument like a machine.

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It's a smooth revving engine with plenty of torque if you need to keep the hammer down for high-speed highway overtakes.

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Utilities will demand compensation for mandated retirement of coal-burning plants, and their spirited assertions may well deter officials from bringing the hammer down.

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After that point the peloton put the hammer down and whittled the gap to one minute by kilometre 73.

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Some of that vocabulary has evolved into popular culture and subsequently incorporated into truckmusic (e.g. hammer down, shakey town, smokey, and pedal to the metal).

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Bring the hammer down, give that kid less and less, and what happens?

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We want to put the hammer down and win a regular season championship.

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