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• peg away — verb work doggedly or persistently She keeps plugging away at her dissertation • Syn: ↑plug away, ↑slog, ↑keep one s nose to the grindstone, ↑keep one s shoulder to the wheel • Derivationally related forms: ↑slogger …   Useful english dictionary

• peg away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms peg away : 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 [intransitive] to keep doing something in …   English dictionary

• peg away — informal work hard over a long period. → peg …   English new terms dictionary

• 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• 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

• peg — [peg] n. [ME pegge, prob. < LowG source, as in Du peg, wooden plug < IE base * bak , staff > L baculum, stick] 1. a short, usually tapering or pointed piece of wood, metal, etc. used to hold parts together or in place, or to close an… …   English World dictionary

• peg — ► NOUN 1) a short projecting pin or bolt used for hanging things on, securing something in place, or marking a position. 2) a clip for holding things together or hanging up clothes. 3) chiefly Indian a measure of spirits. 4) a point or limit on a …   English terms dictionary

• 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