pegging (away)

present participle of peg (away)
as in struggling
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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“Pegging (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pegging%20%28away%29. Accessed 6 Jun. 2023.

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