pegs (away)
verb
as in struggles
to devote serious and sustained effort the writer pegged away at his first novel for three years before he felt that it was ready to be published Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- struggles
- labors
- works
- bangs away
- digs (away)
- beavers (away)
- slaves
- strives
- tries
- grubs
- plows
- tugs
- moils
- sweats
- plugs
- sweats blood
- toils
- endeavors
- travails
- drudges
- humps
- knuckles down
- fags
- hustles
- pitches in
- hammers (away)
- strains
- plods
- slogs
- buckles (down)
- attacks
- overexerts
- applies (oneself)
- essays
- ekes out
- digs in
- exercises
- scratches
- drives
- exerts
- overworks
- grinds (out)
- scrabbles
- wades
- trudges
- puts out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hangs (around or out)
- eases (up)
- hacks (around)
- slacks (off)
- goldbricks
- breaks
- slackens
- dillydallies
- lets up
- goofs (off)
- lounges
- chills
- rests
- bums
- idles
- shirks
- dallies
- loafs
- footles
- lazes
- potters (around)
- putters (around)
- reposes
- monkeys (around)
- relaxes
- goofs (around)
- plays
- fribbles
- veges out
- hangs
- lolls
- unwinds
- fools around
- messes around
- basks
- hangs about
- vegges out
- trifles
- doodles
- dabbles
