noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
take a hammering/beating (= be forced to accept defeat or a bad situation )
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Small businesses took a hammering in the last recession.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard hammering outside the building.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After much midnight hammering , a large wooden frame, covered in chicken wire with a drop down door was constructed.
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But their attention was attracted to the sounds which arose in the background - a sort of confused hammering and shouting.
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The hammering began again, loud, insistent and irregular.
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The hammering of Jem and Eric followed him, as he rushed upstairs with the torch to Marius Steen's bedroom.
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The pop music had been turned up quite loud now, and they were all hammering and banging away.
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When the hammering stopped and they withdrew, it was noted that a rope hung from the cross-beam.