Synonyms of peg (away)

peg (away)

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labor
• struggle
• strive
• dig (away)
• work
• beaver (away)
• endeavor
• slave
• try
• bang away
• tug
• sweat
• sweat blood
• apply (oneself)
• plow
• toil
• hustle
• buckle (down)
• strain
• hammer (away)
• plug
• grub
• hump
• pitch in
• travail
• plod
• drudge
• dig in
• knuckle down
• attack
• fag
• essay
• moil
• exercise
• slog
• grind (out)
• exert
• put out
• drive
• eke out
• scratch
• overwork
• overexert
• wade
• trudge
• scrabble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease (up)
• hang (around or out)
• break
• hack (around)
• slacken
• let up
• goof (off)
• slack (off)
• lounge
• bum
• idle
• chill
• rest
• shirk
• loaf
• veg out
• relax
• laze
• play
• footle
• repose
• unwind
• goof (around)
• bask
• dillydally
• fool around
• loll
• goldbrick
• trifle
• potter (around)
• hang
• monkey (around)
• putter (around)
• hang about
• mess around
• dally
• doodle
• dabble
• fribble