pegging away
Steadily plugging along
Pegging away means to keep working at something with steady, persistent effort, especially when the task is difficult or tedious.
The phrase suggests dogged determination rather than brilliance or speed.
She's been pegging away at her dissertation for three years now.
It often implies that progress is slow but ongoing, with the worker refusing to give up despite obstacles or monotony.
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
grit · staying power · long haul · slow and steady · commitment · gradualism · endurance · labor · industriousness · persistence · sticking with it · peg · slogging · nose to the grindstone · striving · iterative process · grinding · single-mindedness
pegging awaygiving up
Choosing to stop trying
quitting · abandoning · throwing in the towel · surrendering · calling it quits
pegging awayidling
Operating without working
loafing · slacking off · lazing · lounging · goofing off