slog away

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• slog away — v. (D; intr.) to slog away at (to keep slogging away at one s homework) * * * (D;intr.) to slog awayat (to keep slog awayging away at one s homework) …   Combinatory dictionary

• slog away — see slog 1) …   English dictionary

• slog — [[t]slɒ̱g[/t]] slogs, slogging, slogged 1) VERB If you slog through something, you work hard and steadily through it. [INFORMAL] [V prep] They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11 month course... [V way through n] She has… …   English dictionary

• slog — slog1 [slɔg US sla:g] v past tense and past participle slogged present participle slogging [i]informal 1.) to work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is difficult, tiring, or boring ▪ Mother slogged all her life for us.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slog — 1 verb informal 1 slog (away) at especially BrE also slog through to work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is boring or difficult: I ve been slogging away at this essay for days. | all those books we had to slog… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• slog — I UK [slɒɡ] / US [slɑɡ] noun informal 1) [singular/uncountable] something that is difficult or boring and seems to take a long time Getting fit doesn t have to be a hard slog. 2) [singular] a long and tiring walk a steep uphill slog II UK [slɒɡ]… …   English dictionary

• slog — Synonyms and related words: amble, bang, barge, bash, bat, belt, biff, bonk, bowl along, bundle, catch, clap, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, crack, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, ding, drag, drudge, fag, fetch, fetch a blow,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• slog —  1. n. Period of intense effort.  2. n. Heavy blow. Also slogger One who delivers heavy blows.  3. v. Hit.  4. v. Work hard and long. Usu. slog away at. Also slogger One who succeeds by hard work rather than by flair …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• slog — slog1 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [var. of SLUG4] to hit hard; slug slogger n. slog2 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [ME sluggen: see SLUGGARD] …   English World dictionary

• slog — slog1 [ slag ] verb INFORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive to work hard and for a long time doing something that is difficult or boring: Most of the night was spent slogging away at the report. I slogged my way through the first 200 pages… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• slog — v. & n. v. (slogged, slogging) 1 intr. & tr. hit hard and usu. wildly esp. in boxing or at cricket. 2 intr. (often foll. by away, on) walk or work doggedly. n. 1 a hard random hit. 2 a hard steady work. b a spell of this. Derivatives: slogger n.… …   Useful english dictionary