"pound the table" meaning in English

See pound the table in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pounds the table [present, singular, third-person], pounding the table [participle, present], pounded the table [participle, past], pounded the table [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pound the table (third-person singular simple present pounds the table, present participle pounding the table, simple past and past participle pounded the table)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pound, the, table. Related terms: tubthumping
    Sense id: en-pound_the_table-en-verb-jor-kzVO
  2. (figuratively) To vehemently assert one's position. Tags: figuratively Translations (to vehemently assert one's position): lyödä nyrkkiä pöytään (Finnish), taper du poing sur la table (French), farsi valere (Italian), стуча́ть кулако́м по столу́ (stučátʹ kulakóm po stolú) [imperfective] (Russian), golpear la mesa (Spanish), sätta ner foten (Swedish), sätte ned foten (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pound_the_table-en-verb-Cq5RQEuw Disambiguation of "to vehemently assert one's position": 1 89 1 9
  3. (figuratively, law) To base an argument on bluster or rhetoric when unsupported by more substantive elements. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-pound_the_table-en-verb-kvTrhNTx Topics: law
  4. (finance) To promote one's products. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-pound_the_table-en-verb-JQ~2Crxk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 36 11 49 Topics: business, finance

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