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Verb: keep one's shoulder to the wheel
Usage: informal
  1. Work doggedly or persistently
    - plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone [informal], grind away, slave away

Derived forms: kept one's shoulder to the wheel, keeping one's shoulder to the wheel, keeps one's shoulder to the wheel

Type of: work