| 释义 |
peg away
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | peg away - work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, plug away, slogwork - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
Translations
peg away
peg away (at something)To continue trying or working diligently (at something). I'm really not very good at math, but I've got to keep pegging away at it if I want to get into an engineering program. A: "Where's John?" B: "Oh, he's out in the garden pegging away."See also: away, pegpeg away(at something) Go to plug away (at something).See also: away, pegpeg away
Synonyms for peg awayverb work doggedly or persistentlySynonyms- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's shoulder to the wheel
- plug away
- slog
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