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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
slog
slog [slog slogs slogged slogging] verb, noun BrE [slɒɡ] NAmE [slɑːɡ] verb (-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 more at slog/sweat/work your guts out at ↑gut n. Verb forms: Word Origin: early 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with the verb ↑slug. Idiom: ↑slog it out noun 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. Word Origin: early 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with the verb ↑slug.
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