- drudge away
- do tiresome work, do disagreeable work
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
drudge away
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Drudge — Drudge, v. t. To consume laboriously; with away. [1913 Webster] Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drudge — [n] slave, very hard worker factotum, grind*, laborer, menial, nose to grindstone*, peon*, plodder*, servant, toiler, workaholic, worker, workhorse; concept 348 Ant. idler, laze drudge [v] work very hard back to the salt mines*, dig, grind*,… … New thesaurus
drudge — Used of someone who slaves away at uninteresting and unrewarding work, a hack. Dr Johnson famously defined ‘lexicographer’ in his Dictionary as ‘a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
drudge — Synonyms and related words: administer to, attend, attend on, be busy, beast of burden, care for, chore, dance attendance upon, dig, do for, do service to, domestic, domestic servant, donkeywork, dray horse, drudgery, fag, galley slave, greasy… … Moby Thesaurus
drudge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. toil, slave, grub, plod, hack, grind, plug. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hard worker, toiler, drone, slave, menial, lackey, grub, hack, scullion, grind, crammer, plodder, burner of… … English dictionary for students
drudge — n 1. plodder, toiler, Sl. grind, plugger; common laborer, slave, factotum, scrubwoman, scullion, dishwasher; menial, flunky, fag, hack. v 2. work hard, toil, moil, labor, Brit. fag; slave, plod, grub, Inf. plug or plug along, Inf. grind; keep one … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
grind away — verb study intensively, as before an exam I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam • Syn: ↑cram, ↑drum, ↑bone up, ↑swot, ↑get up, ↑mug up, ↑swot up, ↑bone … Useful english dictionary
hammer away at — Synonyms and related words: always trot out, apply the mind, belabor, dig, drudge, dwell on, dwell upon, fag, grind, grub, hammer, hammer at, hammer away, harp on, insist upon, keep doggedly at, labor, moil, peg, peg away, plod, plug, plug along … Moby Thesaurus
plug away — Synonyms and related words: carry on, dig, drudge, fag, grind, grub, hammer, hammer away, keep at it, keep busy, keep doggedly at, keep driving, keep going, keep moving, keep on, moil, peg, peg away, plod, plug, plug along, plug at, pound away,… … Moby Thesaurus
pound away — Synonyms and related words: dig, drudge, fag, grind, grub, hammer, hammer away, keep doggedly at, moil, peg, peg away, plod, plug, plug along, plug at, plug away, slog, slog away, toil, travail, wade through, work away … Moby Thesaurus
