hack away (English, verb)
expansion: hack away (third-person singular simple present hacks away, present participle hacking away, simple past and past participle hacked away)
Senses:
glosses: To make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hack, away.
Forms:
form: hacks away
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hacking away
tags: participle
present
form: hacked away
tags: participle
past
form: hacked away
tags: past