pound the table

Verb

figuratively

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pound, the, table. / (figuratively) To vehemently assert one's position.

Japanese Meaning

（直訳的に）テーブルを激しく打つ / （比喩的に）自分の立場や意見を激しく主張する

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To test its sturdiness, she decided to pound the table with a mallet.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

頑丈さを確かめるため、彼女は金槌でそのテーブルを何度も強く叩くことにした。

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Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

(figuratively) To vehemently assert one's position.

Sense（3）

(figuratively, law) 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."

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Sense（4）

(finance) To promote one's products.

pounds the table

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pounding the table

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pounded the table

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pounded the table

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