Usually means: Persistently continue working or trying.
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  1. peg away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. peg away: Merriam-Webster
  3. peg away: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peg away: Vocabulary.com
  5. peg away: Wiktionary
  6. peg away: Dictionary.com
  7. peg away: Rhymezone
  8. peg away: FreeDictionary.org
  9. peg away: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. peg away: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. peg away: Encyclopedia

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  1. peg away: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (peg away)

verb:  (informal) To keep working (at something).
verb:  (slang, archaic) To depart hastily; peg it; scram.

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