as in to struggle
to devote serious and sustained effort
the design team has been banging away at that project for months
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Recent Examples of bang away
To heat-style, blow-dry curtain bangs away from the face, sweeping them from side to side with a paddle brush.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime.
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
Former staff leaked internal spats and embarrassing editorial ideas by the new leadership and pointed out that many top leaders were banging away at stories that were likely below their pay grade.
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Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 June 2025
One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2024
As several drummers banged away, Vázquez danced near a table and teammates clapped along to the music, including a spirited effort from Royce Lewis.
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Dan Hayes,
The Athletic,
16 Aug. 2024
Norton remembers banging away on his dad’s Smith Corona typewriter in the den.
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Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2024
The manager demonstrated how to use the rock hammers, and then people got to banging away, trying to find opals in the rock.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Orange County Register,
31 Jan. 2024
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime.
—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
Former staff leaked internal spats and embarrassing editorial ideas by the new leadership and pointed out that many top leaders were banging away at stories that were likely below their pay grade.
—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 June 2025
One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise.
—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2024
As several drummers banged away, Vázquez danced near a table and teammates clapped along to the music, including a spirited effort from Royce Lewis.
—
Dan Hayes,
The Athletic,
16 Aug. 2024
Norton remembers banging away on his dad’s Smith Corona typewriter in the den.
—
Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2024
The manager demonstrated how to use the rock hammers, and then people got to banging away, trying to find opals in the rock.
—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Orange County Register,
31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bang away
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In addition, composters are struggling with the amount of plastic and other debris that people and businesses put in the food waste bins.
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Cristiano Ronaldo looks to be in top form after struggling in his World Cup opener, scoring two goals already today.
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Mercurius began laboring in the third and left after Hull's second homer of the CWS and ninth of the season leading off the fifth.
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The British Parliament had built restrictions into the freedom edict to guarantee the enslaved and newly free would continue laboring, either for poverty wages or to repay bottomless debt.
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Born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 4, 1932, Davis was a striving student who attended New York University on a full scholarship, and graduated magna cum laude.
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Nolan seems to be striving for geographic realism interspersed with violent and fantastic episodes.
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With curved teardrop shapes, floral accents, and leaf motifs, its design works especially well for the spring and summer seasons, though its abstract, ornamental pattern can be displayed during cooler months as well.
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Bowie worked as a driver at Interfaith Medical Center.
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“Bang away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bang%20away. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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