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press on

press on verb: to persist, to continue to advance.

Verb

press on (third-person singular simple present presses on, present participle pressing on, simple past and past participle pressed on)

  1. (idiomatic) To persist, to continue to advance.
    • British Railways are, however, pressing on with the introduction of standard equipment, and in this, the fourth year of unified working, standard locomotives and rolling stock will be coming into service in considerable numbers.1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 225
    • And now she has the real dilemma: press on to King’s Landing, where I have no doubt she could get as close to killing Cersei as anyone else, or double back to Winterfell to reunite with her family.2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
    Synonyms:
    press ahead

press on meaning in Malayalam

press on in Malayalam

keep going, proceed, continue
ചെയ്യന്ന പ്രവർത്തി തുടർന്നുകൊണ്ടുപോകുക, മുന്നോട്ടു പോവുക, മുമ്പോട്ടുപോവുക, മുന്നേറുക, മുന്നോട്ടു നീങ്ങുക, പദ്ധതിയനുസരിച്ചു പ്രവർത്തനം നടത്തുക

Synonyms of press on

Forms of press on

third-person singular presentpresses on
present participlepressing on
past participlepressed on
pastpressed on

Questions about press on

What does press on mean?
Press on means to persist, to continue to advance.
What is press on in Malayalam?
Press on in Malayalam is ചെയ്യന്ന പ്രവർത്തി തുടർന്നുകൊണ്ടുപോകുക, മുന്നോട്ടു പോവുക, മുമ്പോട്ടുപോവുക. See Press on meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is press on?
Press on is a verb.
What is the past tense of press on?
The past tense of press on is pressed on.

Words near press on in the dictionary

  1. press money
  2. press office
  3. press officer
  4. press officers
  5. press offices
  6. press on
  7. press one's case
  8. press one's luck
  9. press out
  10. press pack
  11. press packs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: press on (page history and authors); press on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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