grind away

verb

ground away; grinding away; grinds away

1

: to work or study in a steady, determined way

She was grinding away at her studies.

2

: to remove (a part of something) by rubbing something rough against it

He uses a special tool to grind away the stone.

Examples of grind away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then Palos Verdes started to grind away in the second half, with Weston Reis doing some power running to support Rakowski and Flowers. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

But it’s lost on these boys, whose youth has been ground away by the drug trade’s meaningless brutality. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

An autonomous agent that grinds away for two days can also be wrong for two days. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

But the humor concealed a relentless dedication that could mean long hours grinding away at stories and challenging sources and story subjects to get at the truth, Morrissey and Herald colleagues recalled. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026

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