Related Clues:

• Pressed, folded and stretched
• Bled, like dyes
• Flew the coop
• Worked a 12-hour shift, e.g.
• Made (off)
• Slogged away
• Absconded
• Had charge of
• If it follows also, it's a failure
• Competed at Belmont
• Carried on, as a trade
• Practiced persistently
• Applied elbow grease
• Scurried away
• Worked at, as a trade