bang at it
English translation: fully involved in (drug dealing)+ committed to (working away at...)
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| 4 +1 | fully involved in (drug dealing)+ committed to (working away at...) |
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28 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1fully involved in (drug dealing)+ committed to (working away at...) Explanation: for the drug dealers it means they were doing deals for a while, that it wasn't just a one-off but repeated dealing For the players, it means they were fully committed to working hard; they kept working away linked to meaning 3 of bang away at https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bang at -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2018-05-14 14:14:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- note that banging a drug also means shooting up -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2018-05-14 14:16:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- but, since they had no drugs on them at the time this last meaning does not seem to be relevent here. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 18 hrs (2018-05-16 08:13:34 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- glad to have helped |
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