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drop the hammer

drop the hammer verb: to take action.

Verb

drop the hammer (third-person singular simple present drops the hammer, present participle dropping the hammer, simple past and past participle dropped the hammer)

  1. (informal) To take action.
    • Naturally, the Frat Boy and the Toadmeister decided to hold a contest to see who could “drop the hammer” with Pippi first.2008 [2001], Toby Young, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo, →ISBN, page 76

Forms of drop the hammer

third-person singular presentdrops the hammer
present participledropping the hammer
past participledropped the hammer
pastdropped the hammer

Questions about drop the hammer

What does drop the hammer mean?
Drop the hammer means to take action.
What part of speech is drop the hammer?
Drop the hammer is a verb.
What is the past tense of drop the hammer?
The past tense of drop the hammer is dropped the hammer.

Words near drop the hammer in the dictionary

  1. drop the ball
  2. drop the bomb
  3. drop the f-bomb
  4. drop the gloves
  5. drop the H-bomb
  6. drop the hammer
  7. drop the hand
  8. drop the handkerchief
  9. drop the kiddies off at the pool
  10. drop the kids off at the pool
  11. drop the mic

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