work like a dog

bear down cram do double duty elucubrate grind lucubrate overwork study sweat and slave toil away work day and night work late work overtime

cope seek strive tackle toil try

assay attempt dig endeavor grind hassle hustle offer plug scratch slave strain sweat undertake

bend over backwards break one's back break one's neck exert oneself give it one's best shot give the old college try go all out have one's nose to grindstone make every effort plug away take a crack take a stab take on try one's hardest

forget idle neglect

be lazy ignore laze procrastinate withhold

rest surrender yield

strive sweat

drudge grind away labor moil plod plug away strain struggle tug work

knock oneself out peg away push oneself

be lazy idle laze relax rest

neglect