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plugging away

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When the revolution comes, Suze Orman will likely be plugging away on CNBC, giving the same old financial advice.

They were circling around in a wide arc, plugging away as fast as they could load.

Scharfenstein had been plugging away over rusty rails and grass-grown ties—till he came to Barscheit.

We had only to keep plugging away by sea and land, and we should soon see its flying skirts in the twilight across the plains.

The sound of revelry was going forward again in the saloon, the mechanical banjo plugging away on its tiresome tune.

Roger and Ernest, plugging away at the forge, heard the men's side constantly.

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On this page you'll find 264 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to plug away, such as: grind away, hammer away/hammer into, labor, muck, perform, and plod.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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