- slave away
v. (D; intr.) to slave away at; over (to slave away over a hot stove)
* * *over (to slave away over a hot stove)(D; intr.) to slave away at
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
slave away
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slave away — variant UK US Main entry: slave … Useful english dictionary
slave away — see slave 3) … English dictionary
slave away — See: slave II … English dictionary
slave away — verb to work very hard It’s just the socially approved ones that transfer wealth from men to women, like slaving away in a corporate hellhole and buying dinner at expensive restaurants, that don’t raise the shaming hackles of banal,… … Wiktionary
slave away (at something) — in. to work very hard (doing something). □ I’m tired of slaving away at this and getting nowhere. D I’m slaving away for $7.00 an hour and have no prospects for the future … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
slave — I UK [sleɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms slave : singular slave plural slaves ** a) someone who belongs by law to another person as their property and has to obey them and work for them b) someone who works very hard for someone else and… … English dictionary
slave — slave1 [sleıv] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus ( SLAVIC); because in the early Middle Ages many Slavic people in central Europe were slaves] 1.) someone who is owned by another person… … Dictionary of contemporary English
slave — [[t]sle͟ɪv[/t]] slaves, slaving, slaved 1) N COUNT A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person. The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States. 2) N… … English dictionary
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