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press on

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press on
to continue to go forward. We pressed on toward the town even though we were both so tired we could barely walk.
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press on (with something)
to continue to do something in a determined way. He said his comments were meant as a joke, but the Miss America Organization pressed on with its lawsuit. The construction firm pressed ahead with plans to build the skyscraper.
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Allen had no similar information to give, no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend, and was forced to sit and appear to listen to all these maternal effusions, consoling herself, however, with the discovery, which her keen eye soon made, that the lace on Mrs.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
I was glad to know that we were to have a little printing press on board and issue a daily newspaper of our own.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
And the question was repeated, while he struggled for will power sufficient to press on the light.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
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