English verb: peg away | |||
| 1. | peg away (social) work doggedly or persistently | ||
| Samples | She keeps plugging away at her dissertation. | ||
| Synonyms | keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, plug away, slog | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||