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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
Sense 1
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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