banging away

verb

Definition of banging awaynext
present participle of bang away
as in struggling
to devote serious and sustained effort the design team has been banging away at that project for months

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banging away
  1. struggling
  2. laboring
  3. striving
  4. working
Verb
  • Key young players struggling Tortorella isn’t wrong that Michkov has seemed to hit a wall of late.
    Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Margo Martindale plays Ruth Landry, a struggling maple syrup farmer who is about to lose her farm to the greedy head of the collective, Leonard (Guy Nadon).
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of struggling
Verb
  • New York police on Monday were trying to determine why someone set a woman ablaze board a train in Brooklyn in a fatal attack drawing outrage from city and state leaders who have been laboring to make the trains safer.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier this year the agency adopted new heat protections that apply to indoor workers, expanding safety measures for more than a million workers laboring in warehouses, kitchens, laundry rooms and other hot indoor settings.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of laboring
Verb
  • When students saw their peers striving to better themselves through education and making better choices, Saffold said the kids’ attitudes changed.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Serene Industries In turn, the Icebreaker’s profile view shows a sharp wedge shape that’s uncommon, but not unheard of, in keyboards striving for a striking appearance.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of striving
Verb
  • The program provides participants opportunities to express their emotions and fears, working with professional organizations to facilitate deep sessions that help members process these feelings.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The parents instead spend a night helping their kids to choose toys for other children and another night working with them on an arts and crafts project.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of working
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