plug away
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[edit]Verb
[edit]plug away (third-person singular simple present plugs away, present participle plugging away, simple past and past participle plugged away)
- (informal) To persist or continue, as with an effort.
- He kept plugging away at the work until it was done.
- 2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 63, photo caption:
- The end is nigh (or at least it was supposed to be), but the Pacers in northern England kept plugging away providing a service while awaiting the much-delayed arrival of their replacements.
Translations
[edit]To persist