Synonyms of bang away

bang away

verb

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort

the design team has been banging away at that project for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggle
• labor
• strive
• work
• dig (away)
• endeavor
• try
• beaver (away)
• slave
• tug
• peg (away)
• plow
• sweat
• apply (oneself)
• toil
• sweat blood
• hustle
• buckle (down)
• plug
• strain
• hammer (away)
• grub
• hump
• travail
• pitch in
• plod
• drudge
• fag
• dig in
• grind (out)
• knuckle down
• attack
• essay
• moil
• eke out
• slog
• exercise
• put out
• exert
• drive
• scratch
• overwork
• wade
• overexert
• trudge
• scrabble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease (up)
• break
• hang (around or out)
• let up
• slacken
• hack (around)
• slack (off)
• goof (off)
• lounge
• bum
• chill
• rest
• idle
• shirk
• loaf
• veg out
• relax
• laze
• play
• fool around
• unwind
• repose
• bask
• goof (around)
• footle
• hang
• hang about
• mess around
• loll
• trifle
• potter (around)
• monkey (around)
• goldbrick
• putter (around)
• dillydally
• dally
• dabble
• doodle
• fribble

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• ease (up)
• break
• hang (around or out)
• let up
• slacken
• hack (around)
• slack (off)
• goof (off)
• lounge
• bum
• chill
• rest
• idle
• shirk
• loaf
• veg out
• relax
• laze
• play
• fool around
• unwind
• repose
• bask
• goof (around)
• footle
• hang
• hang about
• mess around
• loll
• trifle
• potter (around)
• monkey (around)
• goldbrick
• putter (around)
• dillydally
• dally
• dabble
• doodle
• fribble

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