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Verb: plough on
  1. Continue moving forward
    "Despite the obstacles, they ploughed on with determination";
    - press on, push on
     
  2. [Brit] Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
    "She ploughed on for years to make a decent living"; "She ploughed on for years to make a decent living";
    - tug, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], push, drive, plow [US], sweat, plough [Brit], plow on [US]

Derived forms: ploughing on, ploughed on, ploughs on

Type of: advance, fight, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress, struggle