soldier on

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.

Examples of soldier on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Teams of soldiers on Tuesday stormed Tambopata National Park, a spot in the Peruvian Amazon in the southeastern Madre de Dios region visited by an average of 40,000 tourists per year. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

And the best part is that the motorcycle distributes its mass so broadly that its ground pressure matches a soldier on foot. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

In July, the Pentagon completed a monthslong review of the incident, and Army leaders briefed families of the fallen soldiers on their findings. — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

The column was accompanied by soldiers on motorcycles and in commercial trucks. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for soldier on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon
• epsilon