press on/ahead
— phrasal verb with press uk/pres/us/pres/verb
C2 to start or continue doing something in a determined way, often despite problems:
It was pouring with rain, but we pressed on regardless.
The government is pressing ahead with its plans to reorganize the penal system.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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