BANG AWAY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

bang away

verb

Definition of bang away

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort the design team has been banging away at that project for months

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Recent Examples of bang away To heat-style, blow-dry curtain bangs away from the face, sweeping them from side to side with a paddle brush. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 June 2026 Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025 Former staff leaked internal spats and embarrassing editorial ideas by the new leadership and pointed out that many top leaders were banging away at stories that were likely below their pay grade. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 June 2025 One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 As several drummers banged away, Vázquez danced near a table and teammates clapped along to the music, including a spirited effort from Royce Lewis. — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024 Norton remembers banging away on his dad’s Smith Corona typewriter in the den. — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024 The manager demonstrated how to use the rock hammers, and then people got to banging away, trying to find opals in the rock. — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024

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The Sparks struggled early, missing 12 of their first 16 shots from the field.

— John W. Davis, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2026
For now, Neda, a 34-year-old Tehran resident struggling with kidney disease and needing medication, is holding her breath as she is once again forced to buy only half of her monthly dose.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of struggle

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Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Royals starter Seth Lugo labored through 4 2/3 innings while allowing five runs.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of labor

Verb

The singer also looked back at their time working together and celebrated Parton’s legacy.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Netflix has worked assiduously to burnish its reputation as a home for advertisers seeking to align themselves with its popular programs and eager to avoid the traditional model of deploying typical 30-second commercials.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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