pound the table

English

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.
2. (figuratively) To vehemently assert one's position.
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."

4. (finance) To promote one's products.

Translations

to vehemently assert one's position

• Finnish: lyödä nyrkkiä pöytään
• French: taper du poing sur la table (fr)
• Italian: farsi valere
• Russian: стуча́ть кулако́м по столу́ impf (stučátʹ kulakóm po stolú)
• Spanish: golpear la mesa
• Swedish: sätta ner foten, sätte ned foten

to promote one's products

See also

• tubthumping