Phrase guide

pound the table

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To vehemently assert one's position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To base an argument on bluster or rhetoric when unsupported by more substantive elements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Topics: law

Examples

  • 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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4

verb

Meaning 4

To promote one's products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: lyödä nyrkkiä pöytään — to vehemently assert one's position
  • French: taper du poing sur la table — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Italian: farsi valere — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Polish: uderzać pięścią w stół — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Polish: uderzyć pięścią w stół — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Russian: стуча́ть кулако́м по столу́ (stučátʹ kulakóm po stolú) — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Spanish: golpear la mesa — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Swedish: sätta ner foten — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Swedish: sätte ned foten — to vehemently assert one's position
  • Polish: promować — to promote one's products
  • Polish: wypromować — to promote one's products