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Meanings of press on in English

Continue moving forward.

Synonyms
Examples for "push on"
Examples for "push on"
1
After that we push on to Australia; and after Australia New Zealand.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
2
I will push on past Philae, going all the way to Meroe.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
3
In spite of heavy losses, General Pershing never failed to push on.
Fields of Victory
4
Had he been wrong to let Hal push on alone to Calabria?
The new yorker
5
This leaves Rajoy two years to push on with his austerity drive.
The Guardian
1
SO they plough on, the good men and true of the National League.
The Irish Times
2
Once the facts had changed, it would have been wrong to plough on.
The Guardian
3
So he bent his head and tried to plough on through the drifts.
Christmas in Legend and Story: A Book for Boys and Girls
4
Yet the sense is inescapable that Maurizio Sarri cannot simply plough on like this.
The Irish Times
5
And that's how I feel about everything: you plough on.
The Guardian
Usage of press on in English
1
The government has said it will press on with it this year.
Reuters
2
To the group at large he said, We need to press on.
Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
3
I know we need to press on for the Order, for answers.
Ice Like Fire
4
President Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey could then press on with fighting.
Reuters
5
In fact the observations of 1842 were sent to press on Mar.
Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
6
Respect the decision of astute young trainer James Cummings to press on.
News.com.au
7
Ezio went galloping by his side, his heart press on the breast.
Renaissance
8
We exchange them for new ones at the inn and press on.
Radio NZ
9
Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 / A Magaz...
10
The doctor uses the top hand to press on the patient's hand.
Reuters
11
I am very sorry; I beg you will not press on again.
Tongues of Serpents
12
I wanted to press on and make something of it, he said.
The South African
13
Miss Winter is anxious that we should press on with the work.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
14
DA: We would press on trying to bring people to the table.
BBC
15
I was glad of the respite; but we needed to press on.
Jacqueline of Golden River
16
She would press on regardless, with or without evidence of divine approval.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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Press on through the time
Press on across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
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