pressing ahead
Moving forward anyway
Pressing ahead means continuing forward despite obstacles, hesitation, or opposition.
The phrase suggests determination and momentum—not pausing to reconsider: Despite the warnings, they pressed ahead with the project.
It often implies urgency or resolve in the face of difficulty: We're pressing ahead with the investigation regardless of political pressure.
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- decisivenessAbility to choose firmly
- moving forwardContinuing toward a goal
perseverance · progression · no turning back · tenacity · bulldozing · grit · forward-thinking · undeterred · development · willpower · endurance · nose to the grindstone · proactivity · execution · immediacy · problem-solving · haste · steadfastness
pressing aheadstopping
Ceasing to continue
giving up · halting · quitting · ceasing · abandoning
pressing aheadgiving in
Ceasing to resist
surrendering · capitulating · relenting · backing down · caving in
pressing aheadfalling back
Returning to earlier position
retreating · backtracking · regressing · losing ground · sliding back
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