hack away
Chip at relentlessly
Hack away means to keep cutting, chopping, or striking at something repeatedly, often with rough or forceful motions: She hacked away at the overgrown brush with a machete.
More commonly, it describes persistent effort on a difficult task, especially one involving incremental progress: He's been hacking away at his dissertation for months.
The phrase suggests sustained, determined work rather than elegant or efficient execution.
- iterateRepeat a process cyclically
- debugRemove software errors
- chopQuick forceful slice
- troubleshootIdentify and fix faults
- work throughDeal with methodically
persevere · keep at it · grind · soldier on · edit · sculpt · rough out · optimize · whittle · whittle down · go about · shape · toil · slash · push through · carve · hew · revise