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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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Berengaria | | - | Ancient Germanic (Latinized) |
| Lavrentios | | - | Greek |
| Bente | | BEN-te (Danish, Norwegian), BEN-tə (Dutch) | Danish, Norwegian, Dutch |
| 'Uriyah | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Eli (1) | | EE-lie (English) | English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew |
| Zubaida | | - | Arabic |