pound off

• Phrase verbale vieillie signifiant repousser ou détourner par des coups, ou séparer en frappant ou en battant.

An obsolete phrasal verb meaning to drive away or repel by striking or beating, or to separate by pounding.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. To remove by striking repeatedlyinformal

   To hit something repeatedly until it breaks off or becomes detached.

   détacher à coups répétés

   • He pounded off the rusted bolts with a hammer.
   • The waves pounded off the barnacles from the ship's hull.
   • She pounded off the excess clay from the sculpture.

   Synonymesknock off

Verbe de basepound