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slug away

slug away verb: to work very hard (at); to toil.

Verb

slug away (third-person singular simple present slugs away, present participle slugging away, simple past and past participle slugged away)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To work very hard (at); to toil

Forms of slug away

third-person singular presentslugs away
present participleslugging away
past participleslugged away
pastslugged away

Questions about slug away

What does slug away mean?
Slug away means to work very hard (at); to toil.
What part of speech is slug away?
Slug away is a verb.
What is the past tense of slug away?
The past tense of slug away is slugged away.

Words near slug away in the dictionary

  1. sluffed
  2. sluffing
  3. sluffs
  4. SLUFs
  5. slug
  6. slug away
  7. slug bug
  8. slug caterpillar
  9. slug caterpillars
  10. slug it out
  11. slug line

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