plug away

Strong matches

• grind away
• hammer away/hammer into
• labor
• muck
• perform
• plod
• pound away
• slog
• sweat
• toil
• travail

Weak matches

• back to the salt mines
• dig in
• keep nose to grindstone

Weak matches

• continue
• drive home
• drub into
• drudge
• drum into
• endeavor
• grind
• grind into
• impress upon
• instruct
• keep on
• peg away
• persevere
• persist
• pound away
• repeat
• stick to
• try hard
• try repeatedly
• work

Weak matches

• hammer away
• keep one's shoulder to the wheel
• peg away
• put one's nose to the grindstone
• struggle on
• wade through
• work hard

Strongest matches

• strive
• sweat
• tend
• toil

Strong matches

• cultivate
• drive
• drudge
• endeavor
• grind away
• plod
• strain
• struggle
• travail

Weak matches

• exert oneself
• pour it on
• work oneself to the bone

Strong matches

• back
• cultivate
• drive
• drudge
• endeavor
• fag
• grind
• plod
• slave
• strain
• strive
• struggle
• sweat
• tend
• toil
• travail
• tug
• work

Weak matches

• bear down
• exert oneself
• pour it on
• work oneself to the bone

Strongest matches

• endure
• hold on
• keep going
• persist
• press on
• proceed
• pursue
• stand firm

Strong matches

• continue
• maintain
• remain

Weak matches

• be determined
• be resolved
• be stubborn
• carry on
• go for broke
• go for it
• go on
• hang in
• hang tough
• hold fast
• keep driving
• keep on
• leave no stone unturned
• see it through
• stay the course
• stick with it

Strong matches

• drudge
• grind
• labor
• persevere
• scratch
• slave
• sweat
• toil

Weak matches

• bear down
• buckle down
• knuckle down
• plough through

Strongest matches

• cope
• seek
• strive
• tackle
• toil
• try

Strong matches

• assay
• attempt
• dig
• endeavor
• grind
• hassle
• hustle
• offer
• plug
• scratch
• slave
• strain
• sweat
• undertake

Weak matches

• bend over backwards
• break one's back
• break one's neck
• exert oneself
• give it one's best shot
• give the old college try
• go all out
• have one's nose to grindstone
• make every effort
• take a crack
• take a stab
• take on
• try one's hardest
• work like a dog

Strongest matches

• labor
• manage
• pursue
• strive
• toil
• try

Strong matches

• dig
• drive
• drudge
• freelance
• hustle
• manufacture
• moil
• moonlight
• ply
• slog
• specialize
• strain
• sweat

Weak matches

• apply oneself
• be gainfully employed
• buckle down
• carry on
• do a job
• do business
• earn a living
• have a job
• hold a job
• knuckle down
• nine-to-five it
• peg away
• punch a clock
• take on