plugging (away)

verb

present participle of plug (away)
as in pegging (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plugging (away)
  1. carrying on
  2. wearing out
  3. pitching in
  4. putting out
  5. plowing
Verb
  • There’s been a lot of talk about carrying on her work, especially during these times when people feel like some of it has been eroded.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In the tangled greenery of a Ugandan national park, mountain gorillas sit among the leaves, calmly carrying on as tourists trek into their forest home.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of carrying on
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  • This is a sign that internal parts like your clutch or transmission bands are wearing out.
    — Michael Kurko, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Others share stories of donut tires wearing out quickly or making their vehicles feel unstable at highway speeds.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of wearing out
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  • Gasser was drafted by the Padres and pitching in their farm system before going to the Brewers in the 2022 trade that brought reliever Josh Hader to San Diego.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Cardinale’s firm is also pitching in equity for the WBD deal, after funding Skydance’s Paramount Global takeover.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of pitching in
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  • Like Harpo before him, the silent member of a comedy team is putting out a memoir.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The process of putting out the fire created smoke, so everyone in Tier 5A and all other tiers on the fifth floor were evacuated as a precaution, the sheriff's office said.
    — Greg Kelly, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of putting out
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  • Durham cautions evacuating drivers from plowing through flood water with an electric vehicle.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The House Democrats’ campaign arm is now plowing extra resources into the gerrymandered seat in Tennessee.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of plowing
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“Plugging (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plugging%20%28away%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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