PLOUGH ON meaning: Continue despite difficulties or obstacles - OneLook

Usually means: Continue despite difficulties or obstacles.

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plough on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
plough on: Vocabulary.com
plough on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
plough on: Wiktionary
plough on: Dictionary.com
plough on: Rhymezone
plough on: FreeDictionary.org
plough on: Mnemonic Dictionary
plough on: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plough on)

▸ verb: To continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring

Similar:

push on, press on, plow on, plow ahead, plough through, plow through, plough into, plow the sands, plug away, plough, more...

Opposite:

stop, quit, cease, end, discontinue

Types:

horse, ox, mule, elephant, donkey, more...

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Similar:

push on, press on, plow on, plow ahead, plough through, plow through, plough into, plow the sands, plug away, plough, more...

Opposite:

stop, quit, cease, end, discontinue

Types:

horse, ox, mule, elephant, donkey, more...

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