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单词 plug away
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plug away

phrasal verb
If you plug away, you keep trying very hard to do something or achieve something even though you find it difficult.
My confidence is still there and I'll just keep plugging away. [VERB PARTICLE]
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Examples of 'plug away' in a sentence
plug away

We will keep plugging away to do the right things.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We just need to keep on plugging away.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We just have to keep plugging away and hope things turn for us.
The Sun (2012)
They have got to keep plugging away.
The Sun (2009)
The gaffer said we had to stay together and keep plugging away.
The Sun (2011)
 Keep plugging away and who knows what might happen?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Hopefully we will keep our heads down and keep plugging away.
The Sun (2014)
But the way to change that is to keep plugging away.
The Sun (2008)
Yet he just kept plugging away.
Christianity Today (2000)
They've failed to do much in the charts since but have still been plugging away.
The Sun (2011)
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to work steadily
I just keep plugging away at this job, although I hate it.
Synonyms
slog away
labour
farmers labouring in the fields
toil away
grind away (informal)
peg away
plod away
drudge away
See plug

Additional synonyms

in the sense of labour
Definition
to do physical work
farmers labouring in the fields
Synonyms
work,
toil,
strive,
work hard,
grind (informal),
sweat (informal),
slave,
endeavour,
plod away,
drudge,
travail,
slog away (informal),
exert yourself,
peg along or away (British),
plug along or away (informal)

Nearby words of
plug away

  • pluck
  • plucky
  • plug
  • plug away
  • plum
  • plumage
  • plumb

Synonyms of 'plug away'

plug away

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