strain away

strain away (at something)

to work very hard, continuously, at doing something. She strained away at her weights, getting stronger every day. She was straining away on the rowing machine when we came in.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Darleen	[da:'li:n]
Loyd	LOID	English
Ernst	ERNST (German), ERNSHT (Swedish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Sieuwerd	SOO-ərt	Dutch
Tai	-	Chinese
Elliot	[eli'ɔt]