"press ahead" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presses ahead",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressing ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed ahead",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "press ahead (third-person singular simple present presses ahead, present participle pressing ahead, simple past and past participle pressed ahead)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (ahead)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999 May 21, Alex Brummer, “Sir Peter throws the City meat to chew on”, in guardian.co.uk, retrieved 2010-01-07",
          "text": "The decision to press ahead with the rationalisation, while there is still uncertainty about the bank's strategic direction, gives the City some red meat to chew on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To continue towards an objective"
      ],
      "id": "en-press_ahead-en-verb-crBJBwiX",
      "links": [
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To continue towards an objective"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "get ahead"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "press on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "press ahead"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presses ahead",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressing ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed ahead",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "press ahead (third-person singular simple present presses ahead, present participle pressing ahead, simple past and past participle pressed ahead)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "get ahead"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (ahead)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999 May 21, Alex Brummer, “Sir Peter throws the City meat to chew on”, in guardian.co.uk, retrieved 2010-01-07",
          "text": "The decision to press ahead with the rationalisation, while there is still uncertainty about the bank's strategic direction, gives the City some red meat to chew on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To continue towards an objective"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To continue towards an objective"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "press on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "press ahead"
}