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plugging (away)

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present participle of plug (away)

Synonyms & Antonyms of plugging (away)

as in working, pegging (away)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for plugging (away)

grinding,
humping,
hustling,
pegging (away),
plodding,
plowing,
working

carrying on,
pitching in,
plunging (in)

exerting,
exhausting,
putting out,
spending,
straining,
stressing,
taxing,
troubling,
wearing out

busying,
committing,
concerning,
engaging,
involving

knuckling down,
setting (to),
settling (down)

readdressing,
reapplying

addressing,
applying,
bending,
buckling,
devoting,
giving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for plugging (away)

dallying,
dawdling,
dillydallying,
fiddling (around),
fooling around,
idling,
messing around,
monkeying (around),
playing,
pottering (around),
puttering (around),
trifling

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