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slogs away

slogs away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 slogs away

What is slogs away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slogs away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slog away.

Words near slogs away in the dictionary

  1. sloggorne
  2. sloggornes
  3. slogo
  4. slogos
  5. slogs
  6. slogs away
  7. slogs one's guts out
  8. sloid
  9. slojd
  10. sloka
  11. sloka meter

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