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plug away
verb as in drudge
verb as in hammer away/hammer into
verb as in keep one's nose to the grindstone
verb as in labor
Weak matches
verb as in moil
verb as in persevere
Strongest matches
verb as in plod
Weak matches
verb as in struggle
verb as in work
Example Sentences
But there is no doubting her remarkable capacity to keep bouncing back and to keep on plugging away, when others would have been down and out years ago.
Somehow, India suffered only one loss in Archer's opening burst, but England plugged away in the extreme heat for two more crucial breakthroughs.
A Coachella Valley district is plugging away at developing its own program, which could get off the ground next spring.
Bell continued her fine series as she plugged away at a full length to the openers, eventually getting her reward as Voll was tempted into driving and edged behind to Jones.
But Zehme kept plugging away, completing the first three-quarters of “Carson the Magnificent” before he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2013.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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