beaver away
verb
beavered away; beavering away; beavers away
informal
: to work in a very active and energetic way
They've been beavering away for hours.
—often + atThey're still beavering away at the problem.
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Team engineers have been beavering away, clawing back downforce slashed in the new rule definitions for how cars need to look and behave.
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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Friedman beavered away at his new instrument, sometimes as long as 10 hours a day.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Ahead of the fair, the Deadline International team has been beavering away behind the scenes to draw up lists of our annual Hot Ones in drama, docs and formats.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Friedman beavered away at his new instrument, sometimes as long as 10 hours a day.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Beaver away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beaver%20away. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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