Usually means: Continue despite difficulties or hardship.
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  1. soldier on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. soldier on: Merriam-Webster
  3. soldier on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. soldier on: Collins English Dictionary
  5. soldier on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. soldier on: Wiktionary
  7. soldier on: Dictionary.com
  8. Soldier On (EP), Soldier On: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. soldier on: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. soldier on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (soldier on)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.

Similar:
soldier, endure, keep on, persist, keep at, persevere, perservere, live to fight another day, carry through, live, more...

Opposite:
desert, defect, abandon, flee, retreat

Types:
infantry, cavalry, artillery, special forces, more...

Adjectives:
hold, onward, tarry, stay, going, standing, stout, last, stay at home

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Similar:
soldier, endure, keep on, persist, keep at, persevere, perservere, live to fight another day, carry through, live, more...

Opposite:
desert, defect, abandon, flee, retreat

Types:
infantry, cavalry, artillery, special forces, more...

Adjectives:
hold, onward, tarry, stay, going, standing, stout, last, stay at home



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