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to slave away
01
to work hard and persistently for a long time to get a job done or reach a goal
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
away
Base verb
slave
Present tense
slave away
3rd person singular
slaves away
Present participle
slaving away
Past simple
slaved away
Past participle
slaved away
Examples
The dedicated team slaved away on the new software development until the early hours of the morning.
