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Meanings of
peg away
in English
Spanish
trabajar duramente
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Work doggedly or persistently.
slog
plug away
keep one's nose to the grindstone
keep one's shoulder to the wheel
Spanish
trabajar duramente
Usage of
peg away
in English
1
So I will stay here and
peg
away
as long as it lasts.
2
Well, I'll
peg
away
;
I can do nothing else, and wouldn't if I could.
3
He took the little red
peg
away
from her and stuck it in its hole.
4
Well, other briefless barristers
peg
away
at journalism, and political agency work, and coaching, and studying.
5
The only thing is to
peg
away
.
6
Now, you
peg
away
at your hymn.
7
My natural tendency is to take up one task, and
peg
away
at it till it is done.
8
But he could not
peg
away
.
9
So
peg
away
at journalism.
10
I used to touch parts of her, or of myself, or Bran, and
peg
away
at the names of them.
11
They had to
peg
away
for dear life, pushing themselves forward with their skee-staves, laboring like plough-horses, panting, snorting, perspiring.
12
Suppose one of them proves interesting, I may pump him and
peg
away
at him, and just at the critical moment he will get out.
13
Maybe I'll catch up a little yet if I keep
pegging
away
.
14
We've got to keep
pegging
away
till it does rain, that's all.
15
He
pegged
away
to the sofa, and threw himself on it.
16
Never was there a more complete vindication of the policy of
pegging
away
.
Other examples for "peg away"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
peg
away
peg
Verb
Adverb
Translations for
peg away
Spanish
trabajar duramente
Peg away
through the time
Peg away
across language varieties
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