'plug away' definitions:
Definition of 'plug away'
(from WordNet)
verb
Work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation" [syn: plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel]
verb
Persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem" [syn: plug, plug away]
Synonyms of 'plug away'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- carry on,
- dig,
- drudge,
- fag,
- grind,
- grub,
- hammer,
- hammer away,
- keep at it,
- keep busy,
- keep doggedly at,
- keep driving,
- keep going,
- keep moving,
- keep on,
- moil,
- peg,
- peg away,
- plod,
- plug,
- plug along,
- plug at,
- pound away,
- slog,
- slog away,
- toil,
- travail,
- wade through,
- work away