hack away at
Translation of hack away at into German
Phrasal verb
1.
physical action
cut or chop something again and again with force- He had to hack away at the thick branches.Er musste auf die dicken Äste einhacken.
2.
persistent effort
work on something difficult for a long time- She continued to hack away at her homework all night.Sie arbeitete sich die ganze Nacht durch ihre Hausaufgaben.
Examples of hack away at in a sentence
She hacked away at the old tree stump. He hacked away at the novel for years. They hacked away at the problem until it was solved.
Translations of "hack away at" in Context ordered by category and frequency
hacken auf
Break the goal down into small, manageable chunks and hack away at that goal one chunk at a time.
Brechen das Ziel in kleine, handhabbare Stücke und hacken auf das Ziel, ein Stück zu einer Zeit.