soldier on
phrasal verb
soldiered on; soldiering on; soldiers on
: to continue to do something or to try to achieve something even though it is difficult
The researchers encountered many problems but they soldiered on.
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But producers, presenters and winners soldiered on with few hitches.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
How military designs trickled down from the soldiers on the front lines to the hippies on the war protest line to the yuppies in line at Banana Republic.
—Luis Gallo, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
Scholarship on loyalists and the experience of the common soldier on both sides of the war has grown markedly in recent years and so Burns and his team were able to take advantage of that.
—Time, 10 Dec. 2025
Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze joined Clooney as four soldiers on a mission to steal hidden gold.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
How military designs trickled down from the soldiers on the front lines to the hippies on the war protest line to the yuppies in line at Banana Republic.
—Luis Gallo, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
Scholarship on loyalists and the experience of the common soldier on both sides of the war has grown markedly in recent years and so Burns and his team were able to take advantage of that.
—Time, 10 Dec. 2025
Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze joined Clooney as four soldiers on a mission to steal hidden gold.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for soldier on
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“Soldier on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldier%20on. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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