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BEAVER AWAY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does beaver away mean?

• BEAVER AWAY (verb)
The verb BEAVER AWAY has 1 sense:

1. work hard on something

Familiarity information: BEAVER AWAY used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BEAVER AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Work hard on something

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

beaver; beaver away

Hypernyms (to "beaver away" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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