Translation of hack away into German
Verbal expression
1.
cutting
cut something repeatedly with heavy blows- He hacked away at the tree with an axe.Er hat mit einer Axt auf den Baum immer wieder gehackt.
2.
persistent work
work persistently on a difficult task- She continued to hack away at the project despite challenges.Sie mühte sich weiter an dem Projekt ab, trotz aller Schwierigkeiten.
Expressions with hack away: examples in English and translations in German
herumhacken auf
He had to hack away at the thick branches.
Synonyms and analogies of hack away in English
Examples of hack away in a sentence
The butcher hacked away at the large piece of meat. He hacked away at the novel for years. They hacked away at the problem until it was solved.
Translations of "hack away" in Context ordered by category and frequency
Verb
zerhackenv.
She swung the machete to hack away the thick vines choking the flowers.
Sie schwang die Machete, um die dicken Ranken zu zerhacken, die die Blumen erstickten.
The East has all those cannons, but they hack away at it.
Im ganzen Ostblock gibt's Kanonen, aber sie zerhacken sie so.
Or would you prefer to hack away at it with your ice axe?
Oder möchtest du sie gerne mit deinem Eispickel zerhacken?
Other translations for hack away:
- arbeitenv.
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