beaver away

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beaver away

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From the metaphorical image of a person working as industriously as a beaver building its dam.

verb beavers away · beavering away · beavered away

  1. idiomatic To work hard at a task. She won't be going out much, as she's beavering away on her thesis.

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verb to busily undertake

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@misc{beaver_away_2026,
  title = {beaver away},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beaver%20away},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}