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]