peg away

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Verb1.peg away - work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"
keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, plug away, slog
work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
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w>peg away

vi (inf) → nicht locker lassen (at mit)
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"Heaven grant that they may be of a kind sufficiently noxious for the doctor to let me peg away at them!"
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Why should a grandson and grandfather peg away at each other with mutual wiolence when all might be bliss and concord.
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The only thing is to peg away. If one only makes up one's mind badly enough to do a thing one can't help doing it."
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