hard at (something)
hard at (something)
Working diligently on something. I've been trying to get him to do his book report all day, so I'm glad to see that he's finally hard at work. We've been hard at this research for the last three years.
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hard at it
Working diligently. I've been trying to get him to do his book report all day, so I'm glad to see that he's finally hard at it.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hard at (something)
and hard at doing somethingworking hard at something. Tom's busy. He's hard at work on the lawn.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
hard at it
busily working. informal 1997 Independent I leave home…just after 6 a.m. each day and I'm hard at it by 7.30.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- hard at
- hard at it
- plug away
- plug away (at something)
- peg away
- peg away (at something)
- peg away at
- nose to the grindstone
- dally over
- dally over (something)