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hammer down

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hammer something down
to pound something down even with the surrounding surface. Hammer all the nails down so that none of them will catch on someone's shoe. Hammer down all these nails!
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Lloyds can't quite name its price, but, for the sake of its own shareholders, it will want to hammer down the number as low as possible.
Instead, the council has spent some time during its term talking "pressing" issues such as putting the hammer down on street vendors.
You can really hammer down your advertising to be as specific as you want it to be," Minto says.
 
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