pound salt

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pound salt

verb pounds salt · pounding salt · pounded salt

To grind salt crystals into powder using a mortar and pestle or similar device.
Synonym of pound sand. He still persisted and, at that point, I guess, being born and raised in New York City, I had had enough of him and I said, 'Hey, you can go pound salt.'
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@misc{pound_salt_2026,
  title = {pound salt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pound%20salt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}