hack away

Frequency: 6.54.8 per million words

To cut or chop at something repeatedly and violently.

hackhack + ADVERB

Categories:

away

Examples (10)

  • They hacked away at the dense vegetation.
  • We spent hours hacking away at the overgrown bushes.
  • The woodcutter hacked away at the fallen tree trunk.
  • She kept hacking away at the ice on the driveway.
  • The workers hacked away at the rock face with pickaxes.
  • He hacked away at the brambles blocking the path.
  • The gardener was hacking away at the dead wood.
  • They hacked away at the thick vines covering the wall.
  • The team hacked away at the debris for hours.
  • Volunteers hacked away at the undergrowth to clear the trail.