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Peg away

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To keep working (at something). informal

    "‘Art's the only thing I care for, I'm willing to give my whole life to it. It's only a question of sticking to it and pegging away.’"

  2. 2
    work doggedly or persistently wordnet
  3. 3
    To depart hastily; peg it; scram. archaic, slang

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