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worked away

worked away is the simple past and past participle of work away.

Meaning of work away

Verb

work away (third-person singular simple present works away, present participle working away, simple past and past participle worked away)

  1. (Ireland, idiomatic, intransitive) Synonym of fire away.
    Synonyms:
    fire away
  2. (intransitive) To persist in working diligently at a subject or target.

Questions about worked away

What is worked away the simple past and past participle of?
Worked away is the simple past and past participle of work away.

Words near worked away in the dictionary

  1. workdogs
  2. worke
  3. worked
  4. worked around
  5. worked at
  6. worked away
  7. worked back
  8. worked backward
  9. worked blue
  10. worked in
  11. worked into the ground

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Adapted from Wiktionary: worked away (page history and authors); work away (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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