ploughing through
Forcing steady progress
Ploughing through means making steady progress through something difficult or substantial, like an ox pulling a plough through heavy soil.
You can plough through a dense book, a pile of paperwork, or a large meal: I'm ploughing through the tax documents.
The spelling "plowing" is standard in American English.
- sloggingEffortful, weary progress
- hard slogProlonged difficult effort
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- laboringWorking strenuously
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
tough going · toil · nose to grindstone · bore · heavy reading · determination · furrow · problem-solving · progress · wading · pushing forward · making headway · endurance · long haul · tenacity · struggle · resilience · obstacle
ploughing throughabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
quitting · avoiding · walking away from · throwing in the towel · skirting around
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