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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  peg away
       v : work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at
           her dissertation" [syn: plug away, slog, keep one's
           nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the
           wheel]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peg away
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To keep working at something

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  peg away
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To keep working at something

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  peg away
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To keep working at something

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  peg away
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To keep working at something

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peg away /pˈɛɡ ɐwˈeɪ/
   [Br.] sich (mit etw.) abmühen, sich (mit etw.) abrackern, sich (mit etw.) abplagen, sich (mit etw.) abplacken, sich (mit etw.) placken [selten] , ackern, sich (mit etw.) herumschlagen, sich (an etw.) abarbeiten  [ugs.]
     Synonyms: labour/labor, slave, slog, toil, fag away, grub away, sweat away, plug away, grind away
  
   see: labouring/laboring, slaving, slogging, toiling, fagging away, grubbing away, sweating away, plugging away, pegging away, grinding away, laboured/labored, slaved, slogged, toiled, fagged away, grubbed away, sweated away, plugged away, pegged away, ground away
  
           Note: at sth.

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