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1
to devote serious and sustained effort
- plodded night and day to get the assignment done
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- bum,
- chill,
- dally,
- dillydally,
- footle,
- goldbrick,
- goof (off),
- hack (around),
- hang (around or out),
- idle,
- laze,
- loaf,
- lounge,
- shirk,
- slack (off),
- veg out
- dabble,
- doodle,
- fool around,
- fribble,
- goof (around),
- hang,
- hang about
- [British],
- mess around,
- monkey (around),
- play,
- potter (around),
- putter (around),
- trifle
2
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
- oxen plodding through deep mud
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3
to move slowly
- plodded reluctantly off to work
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4
to move heavily or clumsily
- wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes
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The first known use of plod was in 1562
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