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pound the table

pound the table verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pound, the, table.

Verb

pound the table (third-person singular simple present pounds the table, present participle pounding the table, simple past and past participle pounded the table)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pound, the, table.
  2. (figuratively) To vehemently assert one's position.
  3. (figuratively) To base an argument on bluster or rhetoric when unsupported by more substantive elements.
    • There's an old legal aphorism that goes, "If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table."
  4. To promote one's products.

Forms of pound the table

third-person singular presentpounds the table
present participlepounding the table
past participlepounded the table
pastpounded the table

Questions about pound the table

What does pound the table mean?
Pound the table means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pound, the, table.
What part of speech is pound the table?
Pound the table is a verb.
What is the past tense of pound the table?
The past tense of pound the table is pounded the table.

Words near pound the table in the dictionary

  1. pound shops
  2. pound sign
  3. pound signs
  4. pound sterling
  5. pound the pavement
  6. pound the table
  7. pound town
  8. pound-foolish
  9. pound-for-pound
  10. pound-force
  11. pound-forces

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