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plough on

plough on verb: to continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring.

Verb

plough on (third-person singular simple present ploughs on, present participle ploughing on, simple past and past participle ploughed on)

  1. To continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
    • We could stop for a coffee, or plough on to the hotel.
    • 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

Forms of plough on

third-person singular presentploughs on
present participleploughing on
past participleploughed on
pastploughed on

Questions about plough on

What does plough on mean?
Plough on means to continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring.
What part of speech is plough on?
Plough on is a verb.
What is the past tense of plough on?
The past tense of plough on is ploughed on.

Words near plough on in the dictionary

  1. plough jockey
  2. plough jockeys
  3. Plough Monday
  4. plough money
  5. plough moneys
  6. plough on
  7. plough one's own furrow
  8. plough one's way
  9. plough over
  10. plough paddle
  11. plough paddles

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