Verb
work away (third-person singular simple present works away, present participle working away, simple past and past participle worked away)
(intransitive, idiomatic, Ireland) Synonym of fire away
Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate. John Howe
As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to make a reputation, but I think the idea of giving your work away is the beginning of authors not being able to make a living. Erica Jong
I get to my desk at eight in the morning and I leave it at seven in the evening and I just work away. I'm a work machine. Gyles Brandreth
After a period in the mid-20th century when there was a strong tendency to attribute work away from Hubert, he has made something of a comeback in recent decades, but there is still a wide range of opinion among specialists. Source: Internet
Even after their fourth daughter, Katarina, was born, he continued to work away from home. Source: Internet
For many years they kept details of their work away from each other. Source: Internet