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peg away
Overview of verb peg-away
The verb peg away has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel -- (work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation")
Antonyms of verb peg-away
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb peg-away
1 sense of peg away
Sense 1
plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
=> work
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb peg-away
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb peg-away
1 sense of peg away
Sense 1
plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
=> work
'Cause To' of verb peg-away
Derived Forms of verb peg-away
Domain of verb peg-away
Domain Terms of verb peg-away
Familiarity of verb peg-away
peg away used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb peg-away
1 sense of peg away
Sense 1
plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb peg-away
1 sense of peg away
Sense 1
plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
> work
=> work through, run through, go through
=> putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
=> carpenter
=> clerk
=> page
=> wait, waitress
=> pull one's weight
=> electioneer
=> assist
=> beaver, beaver away
=> work at, work on
=> plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
=> busy, occupy
=> collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together
=> volunteer
=> specialize, specialise
=> minister
=> intern
=> skipper
=> boondoggle
=> skimp, scant
=> serve
=> work
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb peg-away
Sense 1
plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
=> work
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