peg away

peg away
verb
work doggedly or persistently
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She keeps plugging away at her dissertation

• Derivationally related forms: ↑slogger (for: ↑slog)
• Hypernyms: ↑work
• Verb Frames:
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WORK HARD, slog away, plod away, hammer away, grind away, slave away, exert oneself; persevere, persist, keep at it; informal beaver away, plug away, stick at it, soldier on; Brit. informal graft away.
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ˌpeg a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they peg away he/she/it pegs away present participle pegging away past tense pegged away past participle pegged away] british informal phrasal verb
[intransitive] to keep doing something in a determined way, especially when it is boring or difficult
peg away at:

I don’t know how people peg away at such a dull job.

Thesaurus: to continue something, or to continue to do somethingsynonym
Main entry: peg

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informal continue working hard at or trying to achieve something, esp. over a long period

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peg away [phrasal verb]
chiefly Brit informal : to work hard
— usually + at

He sat there pegging away at his homework.

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Main Entry: ↑peg

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • peg\ away — v To work methodically, industriously, or steadily Thomson pegged away for years at a shoe repair business. Jones kept pegging away, and finally recognition came …   Словарь американских идиом

  • peg away (at something) — ˌpeg aˈway (at sth) derived (informal, especially BrE) to continue working hard at sth or trying to achieve sth difficult Main entry: ↑pegderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • peg away at — work diligently at, work very hard at …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Peg — Peg, v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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