"slug away" meaning in All languages combined

See slug away on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-slug away.ogg Forms: slugs away [present, singular, third-person], slugging away [participle, present], slugged away [participle, past], slugged away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slug away (third-person singular simple present slugs away, present participle slugging away, simple past and past participle slugged away)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To work very hard (at); to toil Tags: idiomatic, intransitive

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "slugs away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugging away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugged away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugged away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        }
      ],
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        "To work very hard (at); to toil"
      ],
      "id": "en-slug_away-en-verb-UU9~g2de",
      "links": [
        [
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          "toil"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To work very hard (at); to toil"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-au-slug_away.ogg"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugged away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugged away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
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        "To work very hard (at); to toil"
      ],
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          "toil"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To work very hard (at); to toil"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "slug away"
}

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