Synonyms of pegs (away)

pegs (away)

verb

present tense third-person singular of peg (away)

as in struggles

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

• struggles
• strives
• labors
• digs (away)
• works
• beavers (away)
• endeavors
• slaves
• tries
• bangs away
• hammers (away)
• plows
• tugs
• grubs
• plugs
• toils
• sweats
• applies (oneself)
• sweats blood
• humps
• hustles
• fags
• buckles (down)
• knuckles down
• moils
• pitches in
• plods
• drudges
• strains
• travails
• slogs
• attacks
• grinds (out)
• ekes out
• digs in
• overexerts
• essays
• exerts
• exercises
• drives
• scratches
• overworks
• wades
• trudges
• puts out
• scrabbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hangs (around or out)
• eases (up)
• slacks (off)
• hacks (around)
• breaks
• slackens
• goldbricks
• lets up
• dillydallies
• chills
• lounges
• goofs (off)
• rests
• bums
• idles
• shirks
• dallies
• loafs
• lazes
• footles
• reposes
• potters (around)
• relaxes
• putters (around)
• plays
• monkeys (around)
• unwinds
• lolls
• goofs (around)
• hangs
• fribbles
• basks
• veges out
• messes around
• fools around
• vegges out
• hangs about
• trifles
• dabbles
• doodles