verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

beaver away

beaver away · beavers away · beavered away · beavering away

To work hard at a taskTo work hard at a task.

» I've been beavering away studying for entrance exams.

Meaning

1 senses

(idiomatic)To work hard at a task.
She won't be going out much, as she's beavering away on her thesis.
work hard on something

1 sentences

I've been beavering away studying for entrance exams.
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From the metaphorical image of a person working as industriously as a beaver building its

From the metaphorical image of a person working as industriously as a beaver building its dam.

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beavers away, beavering away, beavered away, beavered away

irregular

I, you, we, they	beaver away
he, she, it	beavers away

all persons

beavered away

I, you, we, they	have beavered away
he, she, it	has beavered away

all persons

will beaver away

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

1 related words

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