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pressed ahead

pressed ahead is the simple past and past participle of press ahead.

Meaning of press ahead

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To continue towards an objective.
    • The decision to press ahead with the rationalisation, while there is still uncertainty about the bank's strategic direction, gives the City some red meat to chew on.1999 May 21, Alex Brummer, “Sir Peter throws the City meat to chew on”, in guardian.co.uk, retrieved 07 Jan 2010
    Synonyms:
    press on

Questions about pressed ahead

What is pressed ahead the simple past and past participle of?
Pressed ahead is the simple past and past participle of press ahead.

Words near pressed ahead in the dictionary

  1. Pressburger
  2. presscake
  3. presscakes
  4. pressdom
  5. pressed
  6. pressed ahead
  7. pressed down
  8. pressed duck
  9. pressed flesh
  10. pressed for time
  11. pressed glass

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