Meaning of peg away | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To keep working (at something).
   informal
2. To depart hastily; peg it; scram.
   archaic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“‘Art's the only thing I care for, I'm willing to give⟳ my whole life to it. It's only a question⟳ of sticking to it and pegging away.’”

“You are tired now and you find⟳ it hard, but you peg away.”

“In very rare cases, when the matrix just goes on pegging away automatically, the doctor can take⟳ advantage of that and ease out the second brat who then can be considered to be, say⟳, three minutes younger [...].”

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