drop the hammer

verb

To take action.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person drops the hammer · participle present dropping the hammer · participle past dropped the hammer · past dropped the hammer

  1. informalTo 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
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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drop the hammer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop%20the%20hammer.

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