Slogged away
Else clues• Applied elbow grease
• Dug ditches, e.g.
• Labored
• Slaved
• Slaved away
• What Cinderella did
• Worked
• Worked a 12-hour shift, e.g.
• Worked arduously
• Worked extremely hard
• Worked hard
• Worked like a dog
• Worked one's fingers to the bone
• Worked really hard
• Worked really, really hard
• Worked up a sweat