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forge ahead

To proceed with something. The start of my presentation did not go as I had hoped, but I had to just forge ahead and keep talking. I know you're eager to buy a house, but you can't just forge ahead without considering what you can actually afford. It rained all day, meaning I couldn't exactly forge ahead with my plans to garden.
See also: ahead, forge

forge away at (something)

To work on or toward goal or task with great determination, diligence, and vigor. I've been forging away at my little business here for two years, and now I've really established myself within the community. The team has been forging away at their shot for a championship all year. The previous owners must have forged away at this garden for years because every season brings us beautiful new flowers!
See also: away, forge

forge on

To proceed with something. The start of my presentation did not go as I had hoped, but I had to just forge on and keep talking. I know you're eager to buy a house, but you can't just forge on without considering what you can actually afford. It rained all day, meaning I couldn't exactly forge on with my plans to garden.
See also: forge, on

forge over

nautical, obsolete To force one's ship over a sand bank or shallow place in a body of water by opening and filling all of the ship's sails. The captain knew it was a risky maneuver, but there was no way to proceed other than to forge over. Yeah, we could forge over, but what if we wind up damaging the boat? A: "How are we going to navigate around this sand bank?" B: "We can't—we'll have to forge over."
See also: forge, over
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forge ahead

or forge on
v.
To continue moving forward or making progress: The reporters forged ahead with the investigation. The weary troops forged on despite the snow.
See also: ahead, forge
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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References in periodicals archive
Wallace Silversmiths has been adding forged flatware patterns to its collections recently, in response to greater consumer demand.
FORGED FLATWARE TURNS UP THE HEAT
Pictures of the forged credit cards, cash and the defendant's belongings were attached to court documents as evidence in addition to images taken from surveillance cameras at ATMs.
Suspect 'used forged credit cards to withdraw BD1,000'
Prosecutors charged the 19-year-old and the 28-year-old of forging two Pakistani passports and Schengen visas and using the forged documents to travel.
Duo tried to travel using forged passports, Schengen visas
Material-technological modelling was employed to clarify the effect of the amount of true strain and subsequent dynamic recrystallization on microstructure development during controlled cooling from the finish-forging temperature in a demonstration forged product.
Effect of amount of deformation on microstructure evolution during controlled cooling of forgings from finish-forging temperature
All of which seems to show that forged steel has some considerable benefits (i.e., benefits that manufacturers need to consider).
Steel on campus: research into mechanical performance and potential vehicle designs of the future have a certain ferrous material in common ..
"When we told people of our intention to use the cracking method," Hoag recalled, "the typical reaction was, You're crazy; you can't do that.' That's because our connecting rod engineers had struggled for years to grind smooth the joint surfaces created when forged rods are sawed in half.
Connecting rods that crack by design
Law enforcement officers were said to have been notified that a number of Gulf national residents had obtained Emirates IDs based on forged papers certifying that they worked for the Ruler's office in 2016.
Trio charged with forgery in Emirates ID racket
"We received several complaints about Asians using forged credit cards in malls in Bahrain," an investigating officer told prosecutors.
International credit card fraud suspect on trial
They also allegedly submitted forged papers, including a salary certificate falsely stating that one of them - a Pakistani - was working as a sales executive and earning Dh22,500 as monthly salary.
Four Dubai expats face trial for offering bribe to get bank loans
The defendant admitted before the court that he forged two parking tickets and used the forged tickets to park for free on a Tuesday and a Saturday.
Man forges parking tickets to save a few dirhams, gets Dh150,000 fine
Washington Forge is offering such items as wood-handled and forged stainless steel, Hellinger explains.
Washington forges on in flatware
There the squares are forged between upper and lower anvils into round preforms.
'Scrapless' forming goes commercial
Can better mechanical properties be achieved with a forged piece?
To forge or not to forge
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