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hack away
verb
To make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying.
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It's just hack away, hack away".
From it, O'Connell fumbles and Argentina manage to hack away.
Players all around the world hack away at these by tapping on their devices.
Russell can only hack away for one run off the penultimate ball.
Anthologies often mine traditional seams; we hack away at the rock face, unearthing occasional gems.
Busting, itching to hack away at the spindly outgrown hedge overtaken by ivy and brambles.
Comment: "Hack away he did, like Mr. Miyagi with a chainsaw".
We split up to even out the teams and allowed the kids to hack away.
"I have regrets, but I try to hack away at them.
Already there are new legislative proposals in the pipeline to hack away at planning restrictions that constrain development.
He's too talented to be a hack, but jobs like these must hack away at his talent.
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