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pound the table en · VERB

Meanings

  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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pounded the table Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pounded the table Tense=Past lexicographic
pounds the table Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pounding the table Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

tubthumping

Translations (11)

sv sätta ner foten (to vehemently assert one's position) · sv sätte ned foten (to vehemently assert one's position) · ru стуча́ть кулако́м по столу́ (to vehemently assert one's position) · pl promować (to promote one's products) · pl wypromować (to promote one's products) · fr taper du poing sur la table (to vehemently assert one's position) · fi lyödä nyrkkiä pöytään (to vehemently assert one's position) · es golpear la mesa (to vehemently assert one's position) · pl uderzyć pięścią w stół (to vehemently assert one's position) · it farsi valere (to vehemently assert one's position) · pl uderzać pięścią w stół (to vehemently assert one's position)