slug away in English

Audio: En-au-slug away.ogg

[Australia] Forms: slugs away [present, singular, third-person], slugging away [participle, present], slugged away [participle, past], slugged away [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slug away (third-person singular simple present slugs away, present participle slugging away, simple past and past participle slugged away)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slugs away",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugging away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugged away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slugged away",
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        "To work very hard (at); to toil"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To work very hard (at); to toil"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slug away"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "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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        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
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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"
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      "tags": [
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"slug away" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms