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To slave away is to work extremely hard, with little or no rest.
Examples of use:
1. She's been slaving away in the garden all day.
2. They slaved away night and day to finish the building project by the deadline.
3. Where's Monica?
She's slaving away in the kitchen as usual.
4. I'm tired of slaving away at the computer. Let's take a break.
| infinitive | slave away |
| present simple | slave away and slaves away |
| -ing form | slaving away |
| past simple | slaved away |
| past participle | slaved away |
Can you think of any ways to use the phrasal verb slave away in a sentence?
What do you slave away at?
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