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drop the hammer
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(Expression) American English Idiom: Bringing a pending act to fruition. Usually connotates an act which will have serious consequences. Also used in reference to quickly increasing speed in a car by manipulating a manual transmission gear shift (the hammer).Usage: Did you hear that Congress just dropped the hammer on the new budget cutting 15,000 jobs? - Bonnie dropped the hammer on the get away car narrowly avoiding Kansas state troopers and agents from the newly formed FBI.
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Dropped
dropping a line
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DROPS
DROS
dross
drossy
Drought
drop an egg
drop anchor down the booby hutch
drop anchor in the bubby hutch
drop beads
drop on it
drop one
drop one's ass
drop one's beads
drop one's cookies
drop one's drawers
drop one's hairpins
drop one's wax
drop ones load
drop shot
drop someone a line
drop the hammer
drop the platedrop the soap
drop turds
drop your knickers
drop your pants
drop-shot
Dropped
dropping a line
dropping a pup
dropping member
dropping stomach pancakes
DROPS
DROS
dross
drossy
Drought