tug away

tug away (at something)

to pull hard at something; to haul something. She tugged away at the rope, but the anchor would not budge. No matter how much she tugged away, it didn't move.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shprintzel	-	Yiddish
Haran	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Isabella	[.izə'belə]
Pekka	PEK-kah	Finnish
Marius	MER-ee-əs (English), MAR-ee-əs (English), MAH-ree-uws (German)	Ancient Roman, Romanian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French
Caitlyn	KAYT-lin	English (Modern)