hack away in English

Forms: hacks away [present, singular, third-person], hacking away [participle, present], hacked away [participle, past], hacked away [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hack away (third-person singular simple present hacks away, present participle hacking away, simple past and past participle hacked away)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hacks away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hacking away",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hacked away",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hacked away",
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      ]
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        "To make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying."
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        "(transitive or intransitive) To make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to hack away at the tough roots of a tree"
        }
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hack, away."
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        [
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "hack away"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
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    {
      "form": "hacks away",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hacking away",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hacked away",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hacked away",
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        "past"
      ]
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        "To make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying."
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        "(transitive or intransitive) To make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "to hack away at the tough roots of a tree"
        }
      ],
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hack, away."
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"hack away" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms