PEG AWAY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

peg (away)

verb

Definition of peg (away)

as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort the writer pegged away at his first novel for three years before he felt that it was ready to be published

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Admittedly the continent has labored as the AI hyper-scalers of America and China have produced products (and valuations) that make the eyes pop.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of labor

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Underwood, then a true freshman, struggled in that meeting, and his inconsistent play against Western Michigan (12-of-22 passing) has led to questions about his job status.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Despite being one of Africa’s largest oil producers, the Dangote Refinery initially struggled to secure enough domestic crude and had to turn to international suppliers at a premium.

— Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggle

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Similarly, advertisers strive to prevent their ads from appearing next to low-quality content.

— Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Till is a member of the Firekeeper Alliance, which has close ties with the festival, and strives to decrease the suicide rate among indigenous youths through teaching them about heavy metal.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of strive

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The processor may perform better, but scaling still depends on everything around it working reliably.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Their biggest obstacle is that their collectivist vision has never worked without trampling on civil liberties.

— Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

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