slog

slog
[[t]slɒ̱g[/t]]
slogs, slogging, slogged
1) VERB If you slog through something, you work hard and steadily through it. [INFORMAL]

[V prep] They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11-month course...

[V way through n] She has slogged her way through ballet classes since the age of six...

While slogging at work, have you neglected your marriage?

Slog away means the same as slog.

V P Edward slogged away, always learning.

2) N-SING: also no det If you describe a task as a slog, you mean that it is tiring and requires a lot of effort. [INFORMAL]

I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog...

There is little to show for the two years of hard slog.

3) VERB If you slog somewhere, you make a long and tiring journey there. [INFORMAL]

[V prep/adv] The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline...

[V prep/adv] Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?

4) N-SING A slog is a long tiring journey. [INFORMAL]

...a slog through heather and bracken to the top of a hill.

5) PHRASE: V inflects If two or more people slog it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or who has their ideas and wishes accepted. [mainly BRIT]

The leading contenders are still slogging it out.

Phrasal Verbs:
Syn:
slug it out
(in AM, use slug it out)

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Slog — (sl[o^]g), v. t. & i. [Cf. {Slug}, v. t.] To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug. [Cant or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slog — (sl[o^]g), v. i. 1. to walk heavily; to plod; to walk through resisting terrain, as in mud. [PJC] 2. To work steadily and ploddingly; to toil. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slog — slȍg m <N mn slògovi> DEFINICIJA 1. tisk. a. tekst ručno ili strojno priređen za tisak b. veličina i vrsta tiskarskih slova 2. glas ili skup glasova koji se osjeća kao izgovorna cjelina unutar jedne riječi; najmanja ritmička jedinica… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • slog — ► VERB (slogged, slogging) 1) work hard over a period of time. 2) walk or move with difficulty or effort. 3) hit or strike forcefully. 4) (slog it out) fight or compete fiercely. ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

  • slog — slog1 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [var. of SLUG4] to hit hard; slug slogger n. slog2 [släg] vt., vi. slogged, slogging [ME sluggen: see SLUGGARD] …   English World dictionary

  • slog — 1824, hit hard, probably variant of SLUG (Cf. slug) (3) to strike. Sense of walk doggedly first recorded 1872. Related: Slogged; slogging. Noun sense of hard work is from 1888 …   Etymology dictionary

  • slog — *strike, hit, smite, punch, slug, swat, clout, slap, cuff, box …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • slog — [v] plod bear down*, buckle down*, drag, drudge, flounder, grind, labor, lumber*, plough through*, plug, schlepp*, slave, stomp, sweat*, toil, tramp, trample, trudge; concepts 87,151 …   New thesaurus

  • slog — vb., præt. af slå, II …   Dansk ordbog

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