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- slug away (at something)
slug away (at something)
slug away (at something)
To continue trying or working diligently (at something); to plug away (at something). I'm really not very good at math, but I've got to keep slugging away if I want to get into an engineering program. John's been slugging away at the new project, but I don't think he's enjoying it very much.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
WitoŁD | | - | Polish (Archaic) |
Tahnee | | TAW-nee | English (Rare) |
Arkadios | | - | Ancient Greek |
Justina | | jus-TEE-nə (English) | English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman |
Merit (2) | | - | Swedish |
TemÜJin | | - | Medieval Mongolian |