Antonyms for plug away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pluhg |
| Phonetic Transcription : plʌg |
Definition of plug away
Origin :- 1620s, originally a seamen's term, probably from Dutch plug, Middle Dutch plugge "bung, stopper," related to Norwegian plugg, Danish pløg, North Frisian plaak, Middle Low German pluck, German Pflock; ultimate origin uncertain. Irish and Gaelic words are from English. Sense of "wad or stick of tobacco" is attested from 1728, based on resemblance. Electrical sense is from 1883, based on being inserted; meaning "sparking device in an internal combustion engine" is from 1886. Meaning "advertisement" first recorded 1902, American English, perhaps from verb sense "work energetically at" (c.1865).
- As in labor : verb work very hard
- As in persevere : verb keep at; work hard
- As in plod : verb work slowly and under duress
- As in struggle : verb labor, work
- As in work : verb be employed; exert oneself
- As in : verb work doggedly
- As in moil : verb labor
- As in drudge : verb work very hard
- As in hammer away/hammer into : verb work hard at
- He sounded and began to plug away and bang the leader with his tail.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- “And I ought to plug away at my Latin,” added Chet, with another sigh.
- Extract from : « Andy at Yale » by Roy Eliot Stokes
- Inside of ten minutes he had Josh under conviction and had taken his pipe and plug away from him.
- Extract from : « Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son » by George Horace Lorimer
Synonyms for plug away
- apply oneself
- assay
- attempt
- back
- back to the salt mines
- be determined
- be gainfully employed
- be resolved
- be stubborn
- bear down
- bend over backwards
- break one's back
- break one's neck
- buckle down
- carry on
- continue
- cope
- cultivate
- dig
- do a job
- do business
- drive
- drive home
- drub into
- drudge
- drum into
- earn a living
- endeavor
- endure
- exert oneself
- fag
- freelance
- give it one's best shot
- give the old college try
- go all out
- go for broke
- go for it
- go on
- grind
- grind into
- hammer
- hammer away
- hang in
- hang tough
- hassle
- have a job
- have one's nose to grindstone
- hold a job
- hold fast
- hold on
- hustle
- impress upon
- instruct
- keep driving
- keep going
- keep nose to grindstone
- keep on
- keep one's shoulder to the wheel
- knuckle down
- labor
- leave no stone unturned
- maintain
- make every effort
- manage
- manufacture
- moil
- moonlight
- muck
- nine-to-five it
- offer
- peg away
- perform
- persevere
- persist
- plod
- plough through
- plow
- plug
- plug away
- ply
- pound
- pound away
- pour it on
- press on
- proceed
- punch a clock
- pursue
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- remain
- repeat
- report
- schlepp
- scratch
- see it through
- seek
- slave
- slog
- specialize
- stand firm
- stay the course
- stick to
- stick with it
- strain
- strive
- struggle
- struggle on
- sweat
- tackle
- take a crack
- take a stab
- take on
- tend
- toil
- travail
- try
- try hard
- try one's hardest
- try repeatedly
- tug
- undertake
- wade through
- work
- work hard
- work like a dog
- work oneself to the bone
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