"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 formed with \"ahead\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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 formed with \"ahead\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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"
}