Meanings
verbplough on (third-person singular simple present ploughs on, present participle ploughing on, simple past and past participle ploughed on)
present singular third person ploughs on · participle present ploughing on · participle past ploughed on · past ploughed on
- To continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
We could stop for a coffee, or plough on to the hotel.
1 more example
Many feel they cannot take time off as this would only serve to make things financially worse, and so they plough on.
2024 January 10, Jo Kaye, “Greater support for the railway family”, in Railway Magazine, number 1000, page 50
Synonyms & antonyms
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