pound away atsomething/someone
phrasal verbwithpoundverb[IorT]uk/paʊnd/us/paʊnd/
tocriticizesomething ortryto get someone to do something:
Thecampaignershavepromisedtokeeppoundingaway at thecounciluntil thedecisiontobuildtheroadisreversed.
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- criticism
- dim
- fault
- niggle
- nitpick
- nitpicking
- opprobrious
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- sarky
- tear