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Peg away   /pɛg əwˈeɪ/   Listen
Peg away

verb
1.
Work doggedly or persistently.  Synonyms: keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, plug away, slog.





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"Peg away" Quotes from Famous Books



... run any further," said the Irishman, after a hasty glance at the situation. "We are cotched as fairly as ever was a mouse in a trap, and it now remains for us to peg away, and go under doing the best we can. Have ...
— The Cave in the Mountain • Lieut. R. H. Jayne


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