Usually means: Persistently continue working or trying.
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  1. plug away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. plug away: Merriam-Webster
  3. plug away: Vocabulary.com
  4. plug away: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. plug away: Wiktionary
  6. plug away: Dictionary.com
  7. plug away: Rhymezone
  8. plug away: FreeDictionary.org
  9. plug away: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. plug away: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. plug away: Legal dictionary

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  1. plug away: Encyclopedia

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  1. plug away: Idioms

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▸ verb:  (informal) To persist or continue, as with an effort.

Similar:
peg away, slog, plug, press on, push on, stick it out, chug away, keep on truckin', hack away, hammer away, more...

Opposite:
give up, quit, abandon, surrender

Phrases:
plug away (at something), more...

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Similar:
peg away, slog, plug, press on, push on, stick it out, chug away, keep on truckin', hack away, hammer away, more...

Opposite:
give up, quit, abandon, surrender

Phrases:
plug away (at something), more...



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