plough on

See also: plow on

English

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.
    • 2024 January 10, Jo Kaye, “Greater support for the railway family”, in Railway Magazine, number 1000, page 50:
      Many feel they cannot take time off as this would only serve to make things financially worse, and so they plough on.
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