work like the dickens

To put forth a huge and continual amount of effort. "The dickens" is a euphemism for "the devil." We've been working like the dickens to get the update finished before the Christmas break. School never came easy to me, so I had to work like the dickens to get my undergraduate degree.

See also: dickens, like, work

See also:

scare the dickens out of (one)
what (in) the dickens
hurt like the dickens
the dickens
run like the dickens
like the dickens
raise the dickens
raise the dickens with (someone or something)
(as) hot as the dickens
dickens

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