plug away

verb

plugged away; plugging away; plugs away

informal

: to continue doing something even though it is difficult or boring

—often + at

She kept plugging away at her homework.

Examples of plug away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kane spent more than a decade plugging away, loyally, at his first club, Tottenham Hotspur, a perpetual Premier League bridesmaid (or worse) whose name has become a byword for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

SpaceX, meanwhile, continues to plug away with a lineup of Falcon 9 launches from SLC-40. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026

Uruguay is plugging away, trying to tie things up before halftime, but they’re being met by a wall in the form of Al-Owais. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026

But the believers kept plugging away. — Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 14 June 2026

Rhymes for plug away

• aaa
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• axillae
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• bouvier
• breakaway