Usually means: Persistently work hard and diligently.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word keep one's nose to the grindstone:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. keep one's nose to the grindstone: Merriam-Webster
  2. keep one's nose to the grindstone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's nose to the grindstone: Collins English Dictionary
  4. keep one's nose to the grindstone: Vocabulary.com
  5. keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep ones nose to the grindstone: Dictionary.com
  6. keep one's nose to the grindstone: Rhymezone
  7. keep ones nose to the grindstone: FreeDictionary.org
  8. keep one's nose to the grindstone: ESL Idiom Page
  9. keep one's nose to the grindstone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. keep one's nose to the grindstone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keep one's nose to the grindstone: Encyclopedia

Definitions from WordNet (keep one's nose to the grindstone)

verb:  work doggedly or persistently


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