plough on

plough on
verb
continue moving forward
Syn: ↑press on, ↑push on
Hypernyms: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑march on, ↑go on
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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plough on
To make laborious progress
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Main Entry:plough

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ˌplough ˈon [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they plough on he/she/it ploughs on present participle ploughing on past tense ploughed on past participle ploughed on] phrasal verb
to continue doing something that takes a lot of effort or is likely to cause you problems
Thesaurus: to continue something, or to continue to do somethingsynonym
Main entry: plough

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