Search Result for "plug away":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. work doggedly or persistently;
- Example: "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]

2. persist in working hard;
- Example: "Students must plug away at this problem"
[syn: plug, plug away]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plug away
    v 1: 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]
    2: persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this
       problem" [syn: plug, plug away]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "plug away":
   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