slave away

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slave away

verb slaves away · slaving away · slaved away

intransitive To work very hard. Rochelle is a perfectionistic, timid, dutiful girl, and she has been slaving away for hours on her math.

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verb to work hard

Español	esclavizarse
Français	trimer
Deutsch	sich abrackern, schuften
Italiano	sgobbare

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@misc{slave_away_2026,
  title = {slave away},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slave%20away},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}