| Front | slog |
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| Back | slog verb, noun BrE /slɒɡ/ NAmE /slɑːɡ/ verb verb forms word origin (-gg-)(informal) 1 [intransitive, transitive] to work hard and steadily at sth, especially sth that takes a long time and is boring or difficult ~ (away) (at sth) He's been slogging away at that piece of music for weeks. ~ (through sth) The teacher made us slog through long lists of vocabulary. My mother slogged all her life for us. ~ your way through sth She slogged her way through four piles of ironing. 2 [intransitive, transitive] to walk or travel somewhere steadily, with great effort or difficulty + adv./prep. I've been slogging around the streets of London all day. ~ your way through sth He started to slog his way through the undergrowth. 3 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (+ adv./prep.) to hit a ball very hard but often without skill ˌslog it ˈout (BrE, informal) to fight or compete in order to prove who is the strongest, the best, etc The party leaders are slogging it out in a TV debate. more at slog/sweat/work your guts out at gut n. noun word origin [uncountable, countable, usually singular] a period of hard work or effort Writing the book took ten months of hard slog. It was a long slog to the top of the mountain. |
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