hack something away
hack something down

They would hack away at you a bit and slice something out in the process.

Already the courts have hacked away at what was once a $12 million case.

She looked incomplete, as if half of her had been hacked away.

He would hack away at any old palm and allow the middle man to worry about quality.

But even as the banks hack away at old problems, new ones are confronting them.

But he obviously couldn't bring himself to hack away at the unarmed man.

With a hatchet, he began to hack away at the side of a 150-year-old house.

I have been trying to hack away at my credit card bill by paying a few dollars on it every week.

She raised the guitar case like a sword, ready to hack away at anything before her.

And for what you're doing to She hacked away hastily as he took a step towards her.