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plug away

verb

1 plug away

Work doggedly or persistently.

synonyms: keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, slog.

Dutch: aanpezen, aanpoten, doorwerken, doorzwoegen

2 plug away

Persist in working hard:
— Students must plug away at this problem.

synonym: plug.


Moby thesaurus: carry on, dig, drudge, fag, grind, grub, hammer, hammer away, keep at it, keep busy, keep doggedly at, keep driving, keep going, keep moving, keep on, moil, peg, peg away, plod, plug ... show more.

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