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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 |
Chatzkel | | - | Yiddish |
Anselmi | | AHN-sel-mee | Finnish |
Tessie | | TES-ee | English |
Jacinto | | hah-THEEN-to (Spanish), hah-SEEN-to (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Zoe | | ['zəui] | |
Eleni | | e-LEN-ee | Greek |