hammer sth into sb
also hammer sth in— phrasal verb with hammer uk/ˈhæm.ər/us/ˈhæm.ɚ/verb
to force someone to understand something by repeating it a lot:
I always had it hammered into me that I mustn't lie.
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Saying again
- circle
- drum
- echo
- flog
- flog sth to death idiom
- go/run around in circles idiom
- go/run round in circles idiom
- inculcate
- labour the point idiom
- not hear the end/last of sth idiom
- parrot-fashion
- rake
- recapitulate
- regurgitate
- rehash
- repetitive
- retweet
- tautology
- trot
- wheel
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