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
Asgeir	-	Norwegian
Aurora	ow-RO-rah (Spanish), ə-RAWR-ə (English), OW-ro-rah (Finnish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Philon	-	Ancient Greek
Kama	-	Hinduism
Arran	-	Scottish
Wealdm&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon