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PLUG AWAY

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persist in working hardplay

Example:

Students must plug away at this problem

Synonyms:

plug; plug away

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "plug away" is one way to...):

hang in; hang on; hold on; persevere; persist (be persistent, refuse to stop)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Work doggedly or persistentlyplay

Example:

She keeps plugging away at her dissertation

Synonyms:

keep one's nose to the grindstone; keep one's shoulder to the wheel; peg away; plug away; slog

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "plug away" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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