See plug away on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "plugs away",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "plugging away",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "plugged away",
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}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"text": "He kept plugging away at the work until it was done.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 63, photo caption:",
"text": "The end is nigh (or at least it was supposed to be), but the Pacers in northern England kept plugging away providing a service while awaiting the much-delayed arrival of their replacements.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To persist or continue, as with an effort."
],
"id": "en-plug_away-en-verb-zbSSsfk9",
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],
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"(informal) To persist or continue, as with an effort."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "chip away"
}
],
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "korpétʹ",
"sense": "To persist",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "корпе́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "paxátʹ",
"sense": "To persist",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "паха́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadryvátʹsja",
"sense": "To persist",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "надрыва́ться"
}
]
}
],
"word": "plug away"
}
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{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "plugging away",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "plugged away",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "plugged away",
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"past"
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}
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"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 63, photo caption:",
"text": "The end is nigh (or at least it was supposed to be), but the Pacers in northern England kept plugging away providing a service while awaiting the much-delayed arrival of their replacements.",
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],
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],
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"(informal) To persist or continue, as with an effort."
],
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]
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"sense": "To persist",
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"neuter"
],
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},
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"roman": "paxátʹ",
"sense": "To persist",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "паха́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadryvátʹsja",
"sense": "To persist",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "надрыва́ться"
}
],
"word": "plug away"
}
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