Definitions

plug away at

VERB

address

Synonyms

STRONGEST

focus on give try

STRONG

dig direct turn undertake

WEAK

apply oneself to attend to concentrate on devote oneself to engage in go at go for hammer away have a go at have at knuckle down to peg away pitch into take care of take up throw oneself into turn to

Antonyms

WEAK

avoid cut disregard ignore overlook pass shun slight

Example Sentences

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Or would they plug away at the tree they knew best?

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

Structural biologists continue to plug away at the remaining unsolved proteins in the coronavirus genome.

From Nature • May 14, 2020

Most are still hopeful they can plug away at their legislative agendas and tally some accomplishments for reelection.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2017

If an opportunity presents itself to plug away at America’s long-term competitiveness problems: its tax code, its entitlement system, its health-care system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 18, 2015

“But I have to plug away at it, and when I get through I know less than when I started.”

From Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery by Stokes, Roy Eliot

plug away at

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