hack on

hæk ɑn

Definition of hack on - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

persist

Rare

continue working despite difficulties

Rare

She continued to hack on the problem until it was solved.

persevere

persist

casual coding

Rare

work on a project or task

Rare

They decided to hack on the new software over the weekend.

address

tackle

work on

technology

Rare

fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

Rare

He spent the night hacking on the software to fix bugs.

debug

tweak

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Expressions with hack

hack about

move or work in a rough, casual way

He spent the afternoon hacking about in the garden.

hack around

experiment with something in a casual way

She decided to hack around with the new software.

hack away

cut something repeatedly with heavy blows

He hacked away at the tree with an axe.

hack it

manage to succeed in a difficult situation

She couldn't hack it in the competitive job market.

do hack writing

write quickly with low quality for money

She had to do hack writing to pay the bills.

hack away at

cut or chop something again and again with force

He had to hack away at the thick branches.

Examples of hack on in a sentence

Despite the setbacks, they hacked on with their research.
The team will hack on the prototype tomorrow.
She loves to hack on her personal projects during holidays.
She continued to hack on the app until it was perfect.
Developers often hack on projects during hackathons.

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French:persévérer, travailler sur, ...
German:weiterarbeiten an, arbeiten an, ...
Italian:continuare a lavorare, dedicarsi a, ...
Spanish:persistir, dedicarse a, ...
Portuguese:persistir, trabalhar em, ...
Chinese:继续努力, 埋头苦干, ...
Japanese:続ける, 作業する, ...
Arabic:وَاصَلَ العَمَل, عَمِلَ عَلَى, ...
Hebrew:לְהַמְשִׁיךְ לַעֲבוֹד, לַעֲבוֹד עַל, ...
Russian:продолжать работать, работать над, ...
Ukrainian:продовжувати працювати, працювати над, ...
Hindi:जारी रखना, काम करना, ...
Bengali:অবিরত কাজ করা, কাজ করা, ...
Catalan:persistir en, treballar en, ...
Czech:pokračovat, pracovat na, ...
Danish:blive ved med at arbejde på, arbejde på, ...
Dutch:doorgaan met werken, werken aan, ...
Greek:συνεχίζω να δουλεύω σε, δουλεύω σε, ...
Hungarian:tovább dolgozni, dolgozni, ...
Khmer:បន្តធ្វើការ, ធ្វើការលើ, ...
Korean:계속 작업하다, 작업하다, ...
Persian:ادامه دادن به کار, کار کردن روی, ...
Polish:kontynuować pracę, pracować nad, ...
Portuguese (BR):persistir, trabalhar em, ...
Romanian:a continua să lucreze, a lucra la, ...
Swedish:fortsätta kämpa, jobba på, ...
Thai:ทำงานต่อไป, ทำงานต่อ, ...
Turkish:devam etmek, üzerinde çalışmak, ...
Vietnamese:tiếp tục làm việc, làm việc trên, ...

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