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slaved away

slaved away is the simple past and past participle of slave away.

Meaning of slave away

Verb

slave away (third-person singular simple present slaves away, present participle slaving away, simple past and past participle slaved away)

  1. (intransitive) To work very hard.
    • Rochelle is a perfectionistic, timid, dutiful girl, and she has been slaving away for hours on her math.1999, Elizabeth Berger, Raising Kids with Character: Developing Trust and Personal Integrity in Children, Rowman & Littlefield, published 2004, →ISBN, page 107

Questions about slaved away

What is slaved away the simple past and past participle of?
Slaved away is the simple past and past participle of slave away.

Words near slaved away in the dictionary

  1. slavebreeding
  2. slavecatcher
  3. slavecatchers
  4. slavecatching
  5. slaved
  6. slaved away
  7. slavedealer
  8. slavedealers
  9. slavedealing
  10. slavedom
  11. slavedoms

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