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plug away
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | plug away - work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, slogwork - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" | | 2. | plug away - persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"plughang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" |
Translations
plug away
plug away (at something)To continue trying or working diligently (at something). I'm really not very good at math, but I've got to keep plugging away if I want to get into an engineering program. John's been plugging away at the new project, but I don't think he's enjoying it very much.See also: away, plugplug away (at something) and peg away (at something)to keep trying something; to keep working at something. John kept pegging away at the trumpet until he became pretty good at it. I'm not very good at it, but I keep plugging away.See also: away, plugplug away
Related to plug away: defer to, in its entirety, pick up on, come to fruitionSynonyms for plug awayverb work doggedly or persistentlySynonyms- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's shoulder to the wheel
- peg away
- slog
Related Wordsverb persist in working hardSynonymsRelated Words- hang in
- persevere
- persist
- hang on
- hold on
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