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Meanings of toil away in English

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Usage of toil away in English
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We sacrificed prime conditions at the world-class Chattanooga crags to toil away inside.
Climbing Magazine
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As our chefs toil away over the hot stove, the VIP guests arrive.
Reuters
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People who sleep on it seem to do better than those who toil away.
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
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I'd rather work up with you, than sit idle while you toil away all alone.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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That's the elite end of the market; most Hollywood writers toil away for much, much less.
BBC
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They toil away; they don't stop for anything.
The Elephant Vanishes
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Most scholars, in my experience, prefer to toil away on their own research than spend hours preparing, teaching and delivering lectures.
The Irish Times
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Many of the working population will be expected to toil away for 50-odd years until they can finally enjoy their well-earned retirement.
The Irish Times
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In between your regular video chats with coworkers, you'll need something to put on in the background while you toil away at home.
Wired
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I watched the stringers toil away, impressed at their ability to multi-task as they watched the BBC's "Top Gear" while working.
Reuters
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In a chilly warehouse just outside of Boston, the brute toils away.
Wired
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Imagine me, respectably toiling away at meetings and all sorts of nonsense.
Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
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Like Jennings, he toils away - working six days a week.
Reuters
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Although she had no idea what purpose the rewriting served, Jeanne toiled away.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
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As it was, Mohamed Salah toiled away without any real joy.
The Guardian
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Brown men and black men all about him were toiling away.
Roads of Destiny
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