banged away; banging away; bangs away
Definition of bang away
1 : to work with determined effort
students banging away at their homework
2 : to attack persistently
police are going to keep banging away at you— Erle Stanley Gardner
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Synonyms for bang away
Synonyms
- beaver (away),
- dig (away),
- drudge,
- endeavor,
- fag,
- grub,
- hump,
- hustle,
- labor,
- moil,
- peg (away),
- plod,
- plow,
- plug,
- slave,
- slog,
- strain,
- strive,
- struggle,
- sweat,
- toil,
- travail,
- tug,
- work
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The first known use of bang away was in 1818
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