Verb: grind away
- Work hard on something
"He ground away at his thesis for months";
- beaver [informal], beaver away [informal], slave away
- Work doggedly or persistently
"She keeps grinding away at her dissertation";
- plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone [informal], keep one's shoulder to the wheel [informal], slave away
- Study intensively, as before an exam
"She ground away at her calculus problems all night";
- cram [informal], bone up [informal], swot [Brit, informal], mug up [Brit, informal], swot up [Brit, informal], bone [informal], revise [Brit]
Derived forms: grinds away, ground away, grinding away
Type of: hit the books [informal], study, work