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slogged away

slogged away is the simple past and past participle of slog away.

Meaning of slog away

Verb

slog away (third-person singular simple present slogs away, present participle slogging away, simple past and past participle slogged away)

  1. (informal, intransitive) to work hard at something, often for a long time and in a tedious or exhausting manner
    • The good students who slog away and do not concern themselves with writing - one can despise them and disdain their victories. But such victories are given qualitative value when it is an artist who carries them off[…]2021 December 5, Jean-Paul Sartre, The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1857, Volume 3, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 59

Questions about slogged away

What is slogged away the simple past and past participle of?
Slogged away is the simple past and past participle of slog away.

Words near slogged away in the dictionary

  1. sloganless
  2. slogans
  3. slogfest
  4. slogfests
  5. slogged
  6. slogged away
  7. slogged one's guts out
  8. slogger
  9. sloggers
  10. slogginess
  11. slogging

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