plough on
— phrasal verb with plough UK US plow uk/plaʊ/us/plaʊ/verb [ I or T ]
to continue doing something although it is difficult or boring:
He could see that she didn't like what he was saying, but he ploughed on (= continued talking) regardless.
It would be a mistake to plough on with this plan - it will never work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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