Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

putting the hammer down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
putting the ham-mer -down
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of put the hammer down

Questions

What does putting the hammer down mean?
present participle and gerund of put the hammer down

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