From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Verb
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1. [en] To keep working (at something).
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1915 | author= [W. Somerset Maugham] | title=Of Human Bondage | chapter=37
|passage=‘Art's the only thing I care for, I'm willing to give my whole life
to it. It's only a question of sticking to it and PEGGING AWAY.’}}
1. * [en]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1969 | author=Vladimir Nabokov | title=Ada or Ardor | page=296 | publisher=Penguin | year_published=2011
|passage=In very rare cases, when the matrix just goes on PEGGING AWAY
automatically, the doctor can take advantage of that and ease out the second
brat who then can be considered to be, say, three minutes younger [...].}}
1. [en] To depart hastily; peg it ; scram .
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