Meanings
verbforge ahead (third-person singular simple present forges ahead, present participle forging ahead, simple past and past participle forged ahead)
present singular third person forges ahead · participle present forging ahead · participle past forged ahead · past forged ahead
- oftenTo move forward steadily or to make good progress.
When stay-at-home orders kept Jeff and Janet Ralli from looking at a home in the neighborhood they had their eye on in Ocean County, New Jersey, they forged ahead online.
2020 June 26, Anna Bahney, “These people bought homes without ever stepping inside”, in CNN Business
Translations
Italian continuare, andare avanti
- continuareto move forward
- andare avantito move forward
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Chicago
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