Synonyms of pegged (away)

pegged (away)

verb

past tense of peg (away)

as in labored

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• struggled
• banged away
• worked
• wrought
• sweat blood
• tried
• sweat
• tugged
• sweated blood
• plowed
• travailed
• moiled
• dug (away)
• toiled
• grubbed
• endeavored
• sweated
• drudged
• hustled
• strived
• strove
• slaved
• humped
• plugged
• pitched in
• beavered (away)
• fagged
• strained
• dug in
• knuckled down
• plodded
• slogged
• eked out
• hammered (away)
• attacked
• applied (oneself)
• buckled (down)
• put out
• scratched
• exerted
• essayed
• overexerted
• drove
• exercised
• overworked
• waded
• trudged
• ground (out)
• scrabbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eased (up)
• hanged (around or out)
• let up
• slackened
• broke
• hung (around or out)
• slacked (off)
• hacked (around)
• chilled
• goofed (off)
• loafed
• lounged
• vegged out
• idled
• shirked
• rested
• bummed
• relaxed
• dallied
• lazed
• played
• dillydallied
• reposed
• goldbricked
• footled
• hung
• basked
• unwound
• pottered (around)
• hung about
• lolled
• puttered (around)
• hanged
• fooled around
• goofed (around)
• trifled
• dabbled
• monkeyed (around)
• doodled
• messed around
• fribbled

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• eased (up)
• hanged (around or out)
• let up
• slackened
• broke
• hung (around or out)
• slacked (off)
• hacked (around)
• chilled
• goofed (off)
• loafed
• lounged
• vegged out
• idled
• shirked
• rested
• bummed
• relaxed
• dallied
• lazed
• played
• dillydallied
• reposed
• goldbricked
• footled
• hung
• basked
• unwound
• pottered (around)
• hung about
• lolled
• puttered (around)
• hanged
• fooled around
• goofed (around)
• trifled
• dabbled
• monkeyed (around)
• doodled
• messed around
• fribbled

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