wire away
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To keep working hard and busily at something.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To work energetically and continuously at a task.
"He was wiring away at the keyboard, barely stopping to eat."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Uncommon and informal. May allude to the image of electrical energy or to a telegraph operator tapping away. Sometimes used in the context of playing a musical instrument or typing energetically. Not widely attested in major dictionaries.
Commonly used with
keyboard guitar task desk
Forms
Base
wire away
I/you/we/they
3rd person
wires away
he/she/it
Past simple
wired away
yesterday
Past participle
wired away
have + pp
-ing form
wiring away
continuous
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