hack at
hack at (something)
To cut away at something and remove pieces of it, often with clumsy strokes or whacks. Quit hacking at the roast and just let Dad cut it, will you?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hack (away) at someone or something
to chop at someone or something continuously. The brutal murderer hacked away at his victim. The woodchopper hacked at the tree and finally got it down.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hack at (something)
- hack away at (something)
- cut eyes at
- cut eyes at (someone or something)
- cut (someone or something) to ribbons
- cut something to ribbons
- cut to ribbons
- cut out for, to be
- cut a fat hog
- cut down to